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MAYNE'S  CaIM-OI 

SIGHT  SPELLER 


ADAPTED  FOR 


GRADED  SCHOOLS 

From  Fourth  Grade  through  the  Eighth  Grade 
and 

UNGRADED  SCHOOLS 


WITH 

Supplementary  List  for  Use  in  High  Schools  and  for 
TEST  EXERCISES 


BY 

D.  D.  MAYNE 

Principal  School  of  Agriculture.  St.  Anthony  Park,  Minn. 


POWERS  &  LYONS 
CHICAGO  AND  NEW  YORK 


Take  care  that  you  never  spell  a  word 
wrong.  Always,  before  you  spell  a  word, 
consider  how  it  is  spelled,  and  if  you  do 
not  remember  it,  turn  to  a  dictionary.  It 
produces  great  praise  to  a  lady  [or  gentle- 
man] to  spell  well. —  Thomas  Jefferson^  in 
letter  to  his  daughter. 

EDUCATIONI  DEI^V 


Copyright  1905 

By 

POWERS  &  LYONS 


PREFACE 

Notwithstanding  the  assertion  made  by  one  of  our  promi- 
nent educators  that  the  boy  in  the  high  school  who  is  accused 
of  being  a  poor  speller  should  regard  the  accusation  as  a  com- 
pliment rather  than  a  disgrace,  the  great  body  of  English-speak- 
ing people  feel  that  accuracy  in  the  use  of  the  mother-tongue 
in  orthography,  as  well  as  in  composition,  is  one  of  the  marks 
of  even  a  fair  education. 

The  problem  of  how  to  make  good  spellers  is  a  very  present 
one  for  the  teachers  in  the  schools.  A  few  years  ago  it  was 
thought  by  a  number  of  prominent  educators  that  it  would 
be  best  to  do  away  with  the  spelling-book  and  teach  spelling 
incidentally  in  connection  with  the  regular  school  subjects. 
In  the  schools  where  this  plan,  or  rather  lack  of  plan,  was  tried 
it  was  soon  found  that  pupils  regarded  spelling:  merely  as 
incidental,  attaching  little  importance  to  it.  Systematic  use 
of  the  unpedagogic  spellers  now  on  the  market  is  far  better 
than  this  haphazard  instruction  given  without  a  text. 

During  the  past  few  years  the  subject  of  spelling  has  received 
increasing  attention  from  educators  and  psychologists,  investi- 
gations having  revealed  facts  that  can  not  help  being  of  great 
value  in  making  good  spellers.  These  investigations  of  thou- 
sands of  children  in  Germany,  in  Philadelphia,  Chicago,  and 
many  of  the  important  cities  of  Wisconsin,  have  shown  with  a 
reasonable  degree  of  certainty  the  following  facts: 

1.  In  learning  to  spell,  school  children  are  largely  "eye- 
minded;"  that  is,  they  obtain  their  percepts  of  the  order  of  the 
letters  in  words  by  seeing  the  words  in  print  or  in  script. 

2.  The  ease  of  obtaining  the  percepts  and  the  ability  to 
reproduce  them  with  accuracy  are  aided  by  studying  the  words 
in  the  form  in  which  they  usually  appear  in  print  or  script, 
unmodified  by  separation  into  syllables  or  the  application  of 


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3.  Good  spelling  is  aided  greatly  by  writing,  and,  to  a  less 
extent,  by  naming  the  letters  aloud  in  order.  The  careful  pro- 
nunciation of  the  words  by  the  pupil  has  been  found  to  be  a 
great  aid  in  correct  spelling. 

4.  Very  much  better  results  have  been  obtained  when 
attention  was  called  to  certain  words  of  difficult  orthography  or 
when  something  of  interest,  either  in  pronunciation  or  meaning, 
was  given  with  reference  to  the  words. 

Even  a  cursor}^  examination  of  the  spelling-books  published 
within  the  period  of  these  investigations  will  show  that  their 
authors  either  had  no  knowledge  of  the  investigations  or  chose 
not  to  utilize  it.  If,  then,  the  results  of  the  investigations  are 
not  to  be  discredited,  the  necessity  for  a  text-book  in  spelling 
which  shall  take  into  account  the  ascertained  facts  is  plainly 
shown.  To  meet  this  necessity,  the  Sight  Speller  has  been 
prepared. 

The  words  are  printed  in  clear,  bold-faced  type  to  appeal  to 
the  eye  of  the  pupil,  and  there  are  no  marks  of  any  kind  on  or 
about  the  words  to  distract  the  attention  of  the  pupil  from  their 
usual  form. 

Under  each  list  of  words,  in  smaller  type,  are  the  words 
marked  for  correct  pronunciation.  Here  are  also  given  such 
cautions,  meanings,  and  facts  as  will  call  more  interested  atten- 
tion to  the  words  to  be  spelled.  The  diacritical  markings  are 
those  used  in  Webster's  International  Dictionary,  but  there  are 
no  re-spellings,  it  having  been  demonstrated  beyond  question 
that  such  re-spellings  are  a  frequent  source  of  poor  spelling,  as 
they  present  an  incorrect  form  for  critical  attention,  the  result 
being  that  the  incorrect  form  is  often  the  one  which  makes  the 
stronger  impress  upon  the  mind. 

The  choice  of  vocabulary  and  its  extent  are  among  the  most 
important  problems  in  preparing  a  good  spelling-book. 

It  is  manifestly  impossible  to  include  in  a  speller  all  the 
words  that  are  found  in  the  dictionary,  many  thousands  of  which 
find  no  place  in  the  vocabulary  of  the  ordinary  citizen. 

Although  much  fault  is  found  with  the  irregularity  of  our 
English  spelling,  it  is  a  fact  that  the  average  child,  acquainted 
with  the  common  analogies  of  our  language,  will  spell  correctly 


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hundreds  of  words  which  he  has  never  seen.  The  analogies  and 
the  phonetics  of  our  language  attend  to  the  spelling  of  the  larger 
number  of  words  in  the  language.  It  is  not  necessary,  then,  to 
incorporate  all  of  these  in  a  speller.  Neither  is  it  necessary  in  a 
spelling-book  to  give  special  attention  to  the  simpler  analogies, 
as  that  is  amply  provided  for  in  our  modern  methods  of  teach- 
ing reading. 

There  are  thus  left  for  the  special  vocabulary  of  the  spelling- 
book  only  such  words  as  involve  some  orthographic  difficulty. 
What  constitutes  orthographic  difficulty  is,  of  course,  largely  a 
matter  of  judgment  of  the  author  or  teacher,  but  some  advance 
has  been  made  on  individual  ju-dgment  by  a  comparison  of  spell- 
ing tests  used  in  a  number  of  cities  throughout  the  country.  It 
is  found  that  certain  words  that  are  frequently  misspelled  in  one 
city  will  present  no  difficulty  whatever  in  another;  also,  that 
certain  words  which  are  misspelled  by  pupils  quite  generally 
are  such  as  apparently  should  present  no  difficulty  whatever. 
An  investigation  of  difficulties  in  spelling  was  made  at  the 
University  of  Wisconsin  under  the  supervision  of  the  professor 
of  psychology.  It  was  found  that  the  greatest  difficulty  lies  in 
the  doubling  of  letters.  Then,  in  order,  with  the  terminations 
able  and  ible^  in  ei  and  ie^  in  tion^  sion^  and  ciotiy  and  in  silent 
letters.  It  will  be  noted  that  prominence  is  given  to  these  diffi- 
culties in  the  preparation  of  the^  lessons  and  in  the  selection  of 
the  words  for  this  book.  The  doubling  of  letters  and  some 
other  difficulties  involve  the  rules  of  spelling.  A  single  rule  is 
emphasized  in  each  grade,  and  a  review  of  all  the  rules,  with 
drills,  is  given  in  the  eighth  grade.  It  is  believed  that  this 
arrangement  will  make  the  rules  serviceable  to  the  pupils. 

In  many  spelling-books  particular  stress  is  laid  upon  lists  of 
homophones.  The  spelling-book  that  places  together  the  words 
ton  and  tun  for  the  pupil  to  study  and  to  distinguish  is  doing 
him  a  positive  disservice.  The  word  tun  is  seldom  used  as  the 
name  of  a  cask,  and  there  is  certainly  no  possibility  that  the 
pupils  in  our  schools  to-day  will  ever  have  any  occasion  to 
employ  it.  Until  these  two  words  were  studied  in  juxtaposition 
there  was  little  probability  of  ton  being  misspelled;  but  from  this 
time  forward  every  pupil  needing  to  v/rite  the  word  representing 


6  MAYNE'S    SIGHT    SPELLER 

two  thousand  pounds,  will  meet  the  question,  Shall  I  spell  it  with 
an  0  or  with  2^u?     The  more  he  thinks  about  it  the  more  likely 
is  he  to  choose  the  wrong  letter.      Spelling-books  having  long    i 
lists  of  homophones  lead  to  the  very  confusion  they  are  seeking   ! 
to  avoid. 

There  is  not  likely  to  be  confusion  in  the  minds  of  the 
pupils  with  words  presented  at  long  intervals.  Early  in  life 
the  word  load  is  learned.  It  may  not  be  necessary  until  many 
years  afterward  to  add  the  word  lode^  and  when  that  time  comes 
there  will  be  no  confusion  unless  some  speller  groups  the  words 
and  directs  the  pupil  to  study  the  two  words  together.  The 
words  to^  too  and  two^  and  there  and  their  are  learned  at  about  i 
the  same  time,  and  it  is  the  confusion  of  a  few  words  such  as  . 
these  that  has  led  to  the  belief  that  it  is  necessary  to  teach 
many  homophones,  whereas,  in  point  of  fact,  the  number  needed 
is  very  small.  A  few  homophones  with  which  pupils  may  have 
special  difficulty  are  given  in  the  Review  and  Dictation  Exer- 
cises. Here  pupils  may  see  the  words  in  their  proper  relations 
to  other  words,  and  with  their  exact  meanings  indicated  by  their 
use  in  sentences. 

Though  the  method  of  presentation  may  vary,  all  practical 
teachers  recognize  the  necessity  of  drill  and  of  frequent  review 
upon  troublesome  words.  Words  of  this  nature  have  been 
repeated  in  each  grade.  No  apology  is  offered  for  the  occur- 
rence of  separate  dLwdi.  its  derivatives  seven  times,  nor  for  the 
repetition  of  benefit  and  its  derivatives  as  frequently.  Every 
teacher  above  the  fourth  grade  will  recognize  the  necessity  of 
the  repetition.  Drill,  drill,  drill,  is  the  price  to  be  paid  for  good  , 
spelling.  It  is  recommended  that,  besides  mastering  the  spell-  | 
ing  of  the  words  for  its  own  grade,  each  grade  review  all  the 
words  given  for  the  preceding  grade. 

If  an  eighth  grade  pupil  can  spell  every  word  in  the  spelling- 
book  correctly,  he  or  she  may  still  be  a  poor  speller  for  life. 
New  words  are  constantly  arising  that  must  be  learned.  More 
important  than  all  else  is  the  formation  of  the  dictionary  habit. 
This  habit  well  formed  will  make  even  a  naturally  poor  speller  \ 
a  good  speller  in  adult  life,  as  well  as  contribute  to  his  general  i 
intelligence.      The  cultivation  of  this  habit  is  one  of  the  chief    \ 


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advantages  to  be  gained  by  the  use  of  this  spelling-book.  Each 
lesson  has  something  to  be  looked  up  in  the  dictionary,  and 
specific  directions  are  given  to  the  pupil  as  to  what  he  shall  look 
up.  A  teacher  may  talk  ever  so  much  about  the  use  of  the 
dictionary,  and  advise  its  use,  but,  unless  definite  lessons  are 
given,  the  habit  will  not  be  formed.  The  act  of  searching  for 
the  word,  the  retention  of  the  letters  of  the  word  in  the  mind, 
and  the  mental  chastisement  if  they  slip  away  before  the  word 
searched  for  is  found,  are  all  powerful  influences  in  fixing  the 
form  of  the  word  in  the  mind. 

The  compilation  of  a  mere  list  of  words  for  use  in  the  grades 
would  be  an  easy  task,  but  would  be  of  doubtful  utility.  The 
words  in  this  speller  are  chosen  with  reference  to  their  ortho- 
graphic difficulty.  It  is  primarily  a  spelling-book,  and  not  a 
language  book,  a  grammar,  an  etymology  or  an  orthoepy.  With- 
out sacrificing  this  fundamental  idea,  however,  it  has  been  found 
possible  to  so  classify  the  words  of  the  speller  that  the  mean- 
ings of  hundreds  of  them  become  apparent,  the  pronunciation  of 
others  is  indicated,  and  the  derivation  of  many  more  made  clear. 

The  spelling  lesson  is  often  the  lesson  that  is  most  neglected 
by  the  teacher,  not  becaus-e  of  any  want  of  appreciation  of  its 
importance,  but  chiefly  because  of  lack  of  time.  This  text  is 
an  aid  to  the  teacher.  It  not  only  presents  the  list  of  words  in 
proper  form,  but  it  also  gives  such  assistance  to  the  pupils  as 
the  careful  teacher  would  gladly  give  had  she  the  time. 

It  is  hoped  that  the  use  of  this  text  will  make  the  spelling 
lesson  something  more  than  a  "conning  o'er"  of  a  mere  list  of 
words,  and  the  author  will  feel  abundantly  repaid  if  his  effort 
to  produce  a  spelling-book  which  recognizes  the  results  of  recent 
scientific  investigations  shall  be  accorded  a  welcome  by  teachers 
and  pupils. 


PRONUNCIATION 


Elementary  Sounds 

There  are  about  forty  elementary  sounds  in  the  English 
language.  By  a  proper  combination  of  these  elementary  sounds 
the  words  of  the  language  are  made. 

The  Alphabet  Imperfect 

If  the  alphabet  were  perfect,  there  would  be  one  character 
for  each  sound,  and  but  one.  But  the  English  alphabet  con- 
tains but  twenty-six  characters,  so  that  extra  duties  must  be  put 
upon  some  of  the  characters — e.  g.,  *'a"  has  eight  sounds.  The 
twenty-six  characters  are  not  economically  used,  for  some  of 
them  are  superfluous,  as  q-=kw^  x=ks^  etc.  This  imperfection 
leads  to  the  necessity  of  indicating  the  pronunciation  of  words 
by  diacritical  marks  in  order  to  denote  the  true  value  of  any 
character. 

Classification  of  Oral  Elements 

The  elementary  sounds  are  either  vowel  sounds  or  consonant 
sounds. 

The  vowel  sounds,  or  vowels,  are  made  by  the  vocal  cords, 
and  are  but  slightly  modified  by  the  organs  of  speech.  The 
letters  a,  e,  /,  ^,  u^  w  and  y  represent  all  the  vowels  in  the 
language. 

The  consonant  sounds,  or  consonants,  are  sounds  which  in 
utterance  are  usually  combined  and  sounded  with  vowels. 


Vowels 


Char-      Name  of 

Name  of  Dia-         Equiva- 

acter.       Sound. 

critical  Mark.           lent. 

a    Long  a 

Macron                      e 

a    Short  a 

Breve 

a    Long  Italian 

Two  dots  above 

a    Short  Italian 

One  dot  above 
9 

Key  Words 
ale,  fate,  chaos 
am,  fat,  accept 
far,  father,  ah 
ask,  grass,  America 


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Chai 

Name  oi 

Name  of  Dia-        ] 

Equiva-          T^„„^Ttr„„j„ 

acter.       Sound. 

critical  Mark. 

lent. 

rvey    vv  ui  ub. 

a 

Broad 

Tv/o  dots  under 

all,  awe,  swarm 

a 

Short  broad 

One  dot  under 

o 

what,  was,  quaHty 

a 

Circumflex 

Caret 

e 

cdre,  shdre,  parent 

a 

Modified  by  r 

Tilde               e,  c 

si,y, 

u  scholar,  orchard 

a 

Long  shortened 

Detached  bar 

senate,  preface 

a 

Obscure 

ItaUc 

fin^l,  infant 

e 

Long^ 

Macron 

i 

eve,  mete,  serene 

e 

Short  e 

Breve 

end,  met,  efface 

A 

e 

Circumflex 

Caret 

a 

there,  heir,  where 

e 

Modified  by  r 

Tilde               a,  i, 

o,  u, 

y  fern,  her,  infer 

e 

Like  long  a 

Bar  below 

a 

prey,  obey,  feign 

e 

Long  shortened 

Detached  bar 

create,  serene 

e 

Obscure 

ItaHc 

recent,  novd 

i 

Long  / 

Macron 

y 

ice,  time,  bind 

i 

Short  / 

Breve 

y 

ill,  pin,  pity 

i 

Like  e 

Two  dots  above 

e 

machine,  pique 

i 

Modified  by  r 

Tilde              a,  o, 

e,y, 

u  fir,  bird 

i 

Long  shortened 

Detached  bar 

idea,  tribunal 

o 

Long  0 

Macron 

old,  note,  over 

6 

Short  0 

Breve 

odd,  not,  occur 

6 

Circumflex 

Caret 

orb,  lord,  order 

o 

Modified  by  r 

Tilde               a,  e 

,15     U, 

y  doctor,  factor 

Q 

Broad 

Two  dots  under 

65 

ooze,  who,  tomb 

9 

Short  broad 

One  dot  under 

oo 

►    wolf,  bosom 

6 

Like  short  u 

One  dot  above 

ii 

some,  other 

6 

Long  shortened 

Detached  bar 

obey,  propose 

u 

Long  u 

Macron 

iise,  pure,  tune 

u 

Short  u 

Breve 

6 

iip,  tub,  submit 

^ 

Circumflex 

Caret 

urn,  burn,  furl 

u 

Broad 

Two  dots  under 

rude,  intrude 

u 

Short  broad 

One  dot  under 

o,  ob 

1    full,  put,  push 

fi 

Long  shortened 

Detached  bar 

unite,  humane 

y 

Long^/ 

Macron 

I 

my,  cry,  dye 

y 

Short  y 

Breve 

i 

sadly 

y 

Modified  by  r 

Tilde              i,  a, 

O,  11, 

e  myrtle,  myrrh 

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Diphthongs 

A  diphthong  is  a  combination  of  two  vowel  sounds,  in  one 
utterance  or  syllable.  It  may  be  represented  to  the  eye  by  two 
letters  or  by  one.  There  are  six  diphthongs  in  the  English 
language,  represented  in  the  words  tee,  ouf,  oil^  ale^  old^  use. 

Digraphs 

A  digraph  is  a  combination  of  two  letters  to  represent  one 
sound,  as  ai  in  said,  ph  in  phonic. 

Trigraphs 

A  trigraph  is  a  combination  of  three  letters  to  represent  one 
sound  or  diphthong,  as  ieu  in  adieu,  eau  in  beau. 


Key  Words, 
eat,  call 
^ell,  vife 
get,  begin 
gem,  engine 
ink,  finger 
i§,  hag 
exist 

Definitions  and  Classifications 

The  sounds  in  the  language  may  be  classified  according  to  the 
special  organs  used  in  making  or  in  modifying  them. 

A  lingual  is  a  consonant  sound  formed  by  the  aid  of  the 
tongue,  as  th  in  thing. 

A  palatal  is  a  sound  produced  by  the  aid  of  the  palate,  as  k  in 
king, 

A  labial  is  a  sound  produced  by  the  aid  of  the  lips,  as  p  in 
pin, 

A  sub-vocal  is  a  tone  of  the  voice  greatly  modified  or  inter- 
rupted by  the  organs  of  speech,  as  b  in  boy. 


Consonants 

Char- 
acter. 

Name  of 
Sound. 

Name  of  Dia- 
critical Mark. 

Equiva- 
lent. 

€ 

Hard 

Bar 

k 

P 

Soft 

Cedilla 

s 

g 

Hard 

Bar 

g 

Soft 

Cedilla 

j 

n 

Nasal 

Bar  below 

§ 

Sonant 

Suspended  bar 

z 

? 

Sonant 

Suspended  bar 

g2 

n^ 


"  MAYNE'S    SIGHT    SPELLER 


An  aspirate' is' a  mere  breathing,  more  or  less  modified  by  the 
organs  of  speech,  as  /i  in  /lat;  wh  in  what. 

Cognates  are  those  pairs  of  consonant  sounds,  one  sub- vocal 
and  one  aspirate,  which  are  produced  with  the  organs  of  speech 
in  the  same,  or  very  nearly  the  same  position.  In  the  following 
table  cognates  are  on  the  same  line. 


Sub-vocals 

Aspirates 

Character 

Key. 

Equivalent. 

Character. 

Key. 

Equivalent. 

b 

ball 

P 

pull 

d 

do 

t 

time 

ed,  th 

g 

get 

k 
h 

kill 
hut 

e,  eh,  gh,  q 

J 

jet 

g 

ch 

chin 

1 

lid 

m 

muff 

n 

not 

n 

single 

ng 

r 

rub 

th 

this 

th 

thin 

V 

vain 

f 

fall 

ph,  gh 

w 

woe 

wh 

who 

? 

exist 

g2 

X 

vex 

ks 

y 

yet 

z 

buzz 

§ 

s 

son 

P 

z(h) 

azure 

si,  zi 

sh 

shoot 

ch,  c,  ce,  ci 
si,  ti,  sch 

Consonant 

Digraph 

s 

€h 

chorus 

ph 

sylph 

x=ks 

?h 

fhaise 

sh 

shoot 

q=kw 

dg 

edge 

th 

that 

gh 

ghastly 

th 

thin 

ng 

sing 

wh 

what 

FOURTH  GRADE 


LESSON  1 

Sound  of  long 

**a,"  as  in 

"ate." 

mason 

fable 

crazy- 

lately 

favor 

greater 

vale 

bathe 

pain 

refrain 

slain 

ache 

plane 

razor 

acorns 

label 

tailor 

hasty 

gayly 

stake 

Note  the  words  in  this  lesson  having  silent  e  to  keep  the 
vowel  long. 

ma's^n;  fa'vor;  pa^n;  plan^,  level,  flat;  tailor;  fa'bl^;  gr^at'er; 
re  fra'jn',  to  hold  back;  ra'zor;  has'ty,  acting  in  a  hurry;  lat^'ly; 
bath^;  ael^^;  la'bel;  stak^,  a  stick  in  the  ground. 

Mark  the  words  in  the  third  column  to  show  pronunciation; 
then  correct  your  work  by  consulting  the  dictionary.  Do  not 
copy  the  word  from  the  dictionary  as  it  is  spelled  by  sound. 
Copy  the  correct  spelling  only  and  indicate  the  correct  pronun- 
ciation by  marks. 

The  bar  over  vowels  to  indicate  their  long  sound  is  called 
the  macron. 


LESSON  2 

Articles  Found  in  the  Kitchen. 

kettles 

knives 

bowl 

platters 

bucket 

towel 

skillet 

griddle 

spoons 

chairs 

damper 

funnel 

grater 

pail 

table 

sieve 

ladle 

dipper 

saucers 

13 

strainer 

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ket'tl^s;  bii^k'et;  sp6on§;  grat'er,  something  to  grate  fruit  or 
:  vegetables;  la'dl^?  ^niv^§;  tow'el;  cM^rg;  pa^l;  bo^l,  a  vessel  to 
hold  liquids;  skil'let;  dam'per;  ta'bl^j  sai^'gerg. 

Look  up  the  meanings  of  the  words  in  the  last  column,  and 
mark  them  for  pronunciation. 

Note  carefully  the  order  of  the  letters  in  sieve. 


LESSON  3 

Words  of  Opposite  Meanings. 


great  small 

unite  divide 

admire  detest 

despise  respect 

fierce  gentle 


homely  pretty 

feast  famine 

smooth  rough 

straight  crooked 

give  receive 


These  words  should  be  studied  in  pairs.  If  either  word  is 
given,  be  able  to  spell  its  opposite  also. 

gr^at;  smaH;  u  nit^;  di  vid^',  notice  the  short  sound  of  i  in 
the  first  syllable;  ad  mir^;  detest';  de  spi§^;  respect';  f^er^V? 
gen'tl^;  hom^'ly;  pre(=i)t'ty. 

Mark  the  remaining  pairs  of  words  diacritically,  using  the 
dictionary,  and  find  their  meanings. 


■1*  ? 

LESSON  4 

Having  Reference  to  Colors. 

pale 

blue 

yellow 

azure 

purple 

plain 

indigo 

vermilion 

reddish 

orange 

maroon 

ochre 

white 

violet 

chestnut 

crimson 

dun 

green 

plaid 

lavender 

pal^,  wanting  in  color;  pur'pl^;  red 'dish;  whit^;  dun,  a  dull 


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brown  color;  blu^;  pla^n,  not  brightly  colored;  6r'a(=e)ng^; 
vi'o  let;  gre^n;  yel'loV;  in'di  go,  deep  blue;  ma  roon',  a  brown- 
ish or  dull  red  color;  chesVniit;  pla^d,  checkered  in  colors. 

Look  up  the  meanings  of  the  remaining  words  in  the  diction- 
ary, and  mark  them  diacritically. 


LESSON  5 

Dictation  Review. 


^^ Great  oaks  from  little  acorns  grow." 

The  skillet  is  used  a  greater  number  of  times  in  the  kitchen 
than  the  grater. 

Plain  people  always  occupy  a  higher  plane  than  those  who 
are  merely  pretty. 

The  stake  was  set  at  the  end  of  the  crooked  vale.  The  meat 
is  brought  to  the  table  on  platters  when  it  is  well  done. 

The  dun  colors  receive  more  favor  than  the  orange,  the  blue, 
or  the  purple. 


LESSON  6 

Long 

Sound  of  "e." 

beat 

steal 

ceiling 

needle 

dear 

scheme 

valise 

fleecy- 

here 

sphere 

people 

eaten 

meet 

senior 

seize 

fever 

peace 

cease 

weedy 

beet 

be^t;  de^r,  greatly  beloved — high-priced;  her^,  me^t;  pe^fV; 
ste^l;  sel^em^,  a  plan  of  something  to  be  done;  spher^,  any  body 
in  the  form  of  a  globe;  sen'i(=y)or,  older  than  another;  ge^s^, 
to  stop;  gearing;  va  lisV,  a  small  sack  or  case  for  containing 
clothes,  etc.;  pe^'pl^;  se^z^;  we^d'y. 

Look  up  the  words  in  the  last  column  in  the  dictionary;  mark 
them  for  pronunciation,  and  find  the  meanings  of  those  you  do 
not  know. 


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LESSON  7 

. 

Months  and 

Days, 

with  Abbreviations. 

January- 

Jan. 

November 

Nov. 

February 

Feb. 

December 

Dec. 

March 

Mar. 

Sunday 

Sun. 

April 

Apr. 

Monday 

Mon. 

May 

May 

Tuesday 

Tues. 

June 

Jun. 

"Wednesday 

Wed. 

July 

Jul. 

Thursday 

Thur. 

August 

Aug. 

Friday 

Fri. 

September  Sept. 

Saturday 

Sat. 

October 

Oct. 

Christmas 

Xmas 

The  first  ^is  silent  in  Wednesday.     Do  not  omit  it  in  spelling. 

Jan'u  a  ry;  Feb'ru  a  ry,  note  carefully  the  second  syllable; 
March;  A'pril;  Ma^;  Jun^;  July';  Ai^'giist;  Sep  tem'ber; 
Oe  to'ber;  No  vem'ber;  De  ^em'ber;  Sun'da^;  Mon'da;^; 
Tu^§'da^. 

Mark  the  remaining  words  for  pronunciation,  and  then,  by 
consulting  the  dictionary,  find  whether  you  have  them  correct. 


LESSON  8 

Some  Difficult  Small  Words. 

there 

match 

build 

skein 

much 

piece 

easy 

•whistle 

ditch 

sure 

till 

wrist 

which 

busy 

until 

their 

sleigh 

grate 

vein 

juice 

Make  three  sentences  using  the  word  there,  and  the  same  num- 
ber using  the  word  their, 

ther^;  much;  dilijch;  which;  sle'i^l^;  maltjch;  p^e?^;  s(=sh)urV, 
bu(=i)§'y;  grat^;    bi^ild;   e^§'y;  tiH;  until';  ve\n. 

Mark  the  words  in  the  final  column  for  pronunciation,  using 
the  dictionary. 


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LESSON  9 

Words  Connected  with  the  Farm. 

orcliard 

lawu 

patch 

harrow 

plantation 

Btubble 

shrubbery 

scythe 

vineyard 

pigsty 

separator 

mower 

meadow 

trough 

heifer 

hoes 

field 

haystack 

stanchion 

disc 

or'chard;  plan  ta'tion,  a  large  estate,  cultivated  by  laborers 
who  live  upon  it;  vin^'yard,  a  yard  for  grape-vines;  me^d'6V> 
any  field  on  which  grass  is  grown  for  hay;  f\eld;  la^n;  stub'bl^, 
the  part  of  the  stalk  of  grain  left  after  cutting;  pig'sty; 
tr6^gh(=:f);  haj('sta^k;  pa^ch;  shriib'ber  y;  sep'a  ra'^tor,  a  device 
for  separating  the  milk  from  the  cream;  he\f 'er,  a  young  cow; 
stan'gh'jon,  a  vertical  bar  for  confining  cattle  in  a  stall. 

Look  up  the  meanings  of  the  remaining  words  in  the  diction- 
ary, and  mark  them  diacritically. 


LESSON  10 

Dictation  Review. 


Merino  hose  are  too  warm  to  wear  in  February, 

The  fire  in  the  grate  should  be  kept  burning  until  Wednesday. 

The  disc  plow  turns  under  the  stubble^  which  is  much  better 
than  to  allow  \hQ  field  \.o  become  weedy. 

The  mower  is  sure  to  be  used  in  place  of  the  scythe  to  cut  the 
patch  near  the  lawn. 

The  heifer  in  the  meadow  fell  into  a  ditch. 


LESSON  11 

Long  Sound  of  "i,' 

'  as  in 

L  "ice,"  and 

"y,"  in  ''type." 

sleight 

quire 

eye 

delight 

climb 

iciest 

tyrant 

tintype 

aisle 

trifle 

slyly 

buyer 

choir 

lying 

apply 

dying 

tiny 

guile 

wry 

tying 

si^ik¥, 

2 

a  trick;  climb 

;  ^i^l^; 

ch(=kw)^ir; 

ti'ny;  quir^,  twenty- 

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four  sheets  of  paper;  i'fi  est,'  the  most  icy;  tri'fl^,  a  thing  of  very 
little  value  or  importance;  ly'ing;  gVil^»  deceit;  ^yV>  ty'r<^nt, 
any  master  or  ruler  who  uses  power  to  oppress  his  subjects; 
sly'ly;  ap  ply',  to  put  to  use;  Vry>  twisted. 

Look  up  the  words  in  the  last  column,  finding  their  meanings 
^nd  marking  them  diacritically. 


LESSON   12 

Products  of  the  Farm. 

ry© 

millet 

potatoes 

tomatoes 

oats 

melons 

cabbage 

onions 

barley 

timothy 

beets 

carrots 

buck^vheat 

tobacco 

rhubarb 

currants 

cotton 

pumpkins 

lettuce 

asparagus 

ryVj  o^ts;  bar'l^y;  bii^k'whe^t;  eot't^n;  mil'let;  meFons; 
tim'6  thy,  a  grass  used  for  hay;  to  bac'co;  pump'king;  to  ma't6^§; 
6n'i(=y)6n§;  ear'rots;  cur'r^nts;  as  par'a  gus. 

Mark  the  words  in  the  third  column  for  pronunciation. 


LESSON  13 

Words 

of  opposite  Meanings. 

succeed 

precede 

strength 

weakness 

repel 

attract 

idle 

busy 

rude 

polite 

forward 

backward 

thawed 

frozen 

brunette 

blonde 

deep 

shallow 

wrong 

right 

siie  9e^d';  pre  ged^';  re  pel';  at  tract';  rud^;  p6  lit^;  thaV^d;  j 
fro'z^n;  de^p;  shal'loV;  strength;  we^k'nes^;  i'dl^;  bu(=i)§'y.      | 

Look  up  the  remaining  pairs  of  words  in  the  dictionary,  mark-  j 
ing  each  word  diacritically.  ^i 


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LESSON    14 

irals  Formed  by  Adding  "s"  or 

"es." 

Plural 

Singular 

Plural 

sleeves 

witch 

witches 

nieces 

church 

churches 

canoes 

negro 

negroes 

roofs 

valley 

valleys 

Singular 

sleeve 

niece 

canoe 

roof 

Rule  1.  Most  nouns  form  their  plurals  by  adding  s  to  the 
singular,  but  es  is  added  when  the  word  is  easier  to  pronounce 
than  it  would  be  with  s. 

sle^v^;  n'jef^;  cano^';  roof;  he'ro;  witch;  church;  ne'gro; 
.val'l^y;  eriitch. 


LESSON    15 

Articles  in 

a  Grocery  Store. 

sugar 

vanilla 

kerosene 

celery 

yeast 

chocolate 

flour 

cranberries 

molasses 

catchup 

vinegar 

allspice 

pickles 

cocoa 

bananas 

bluing 

raisins 

sirup 

mustard 

coffee 

s(H-h)ug'ar;  ye^st,  a  preparation  for  raising  dough;  mo  las'se§; 
pie'kl^g;  raV§'in§;  va  nil'la;  choc'o  lat^;  ea^ch'iip;  eo'eo^;  sir'up; 
ker'o  sen^j  flour;  vin'e  gar;  ba  na'na§;  miis'tard. 

Look  up  the  words  in  the  last  column  and  mark  them  for 
pronunciation. 


equals 

factor 

decimal 

naught 

multiply 


LESSON   16 

Words  from  the  Arithmetic, 
figures 


divide 
subtract 
cipher 
cancel 


zero 

example 

integer 

digit 

arable 


similar 

parenthesis 

gill 

quart 

quotient 


e'qual§;    fae'tor;    de9'i  m^l,    numbered    by    tens;     na^ 


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miirtiply;  fig'ur^§;  di  vid^;  sub  traet';  91'pher,  the  character  0, 
which,  standing  alone,  stands  for  nothing;  ean'fel,  to  strike  out 
a  number;  ze'ro,  naught;  ex  am'plV,  in'te  ger,  a  whole  number; 
dig 'it,  one  of  the  figures  by  which  all  numbers  are  expressed; 
ar'a  bic,  arable  figures  are  the  nine  digits  and  the  cipher. 

By  using  the  dictionary,  mark  the  remaining  words  diacriti- 
cally  and  find  their  meanings. 


LESSON  17 

Some  Difficult  Small  Words. 

friend 

error 

lose 

loose 

cushion 

family- 

minute 

stitch 

dairy 

grease 

muscle 

sieve 

daisies 

guess 

pretty- 

trough 

either 

honest 

rinse 

dose 

friend;  cush'Jon;  da'j'ry;  dai'§i^§;  either;  er'ror,  a  mistake; 
fam'i  ly ;  gre^sV?  g^es^;  l^on'est;  1q§^,  to  be  deprived  of  unwillingly; 
min'u(=i)t^;  mus'^l^?  pre(=i)t'ty;  rins^,  to  wash  lightly. 

Mark  the  remaining  words  for  pronunciation  and  find  their 
meanings,  using  the  dictionary. 


LESSON  18 

- 

Terms  used 

in  Geography. 

relief 

torrid 

tropics 

plateau 

frigid 

meridian 

chasm 

delta 

degree 

isle 

canyon 

prairie 

equator 

altitude 

isthmus 

strait 

longitude        channel 


creek 


re  I'jef,  the  elevations  and  surface  forms  of  a  country;  frig'id, 
cold;  de  gre^,  a  unit  of  latitude  or  longitude;   e  qua'tor;  ax'is; 


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tor'rid,  applied  to  the  tropical  region  of  the  earth;  me  rid'i  an^ 
an  imaginary  great  circle  on  the  surface  of  the  earth,  passing 
through  the  poles  and  any  given  place;  i^l^;  al'ti  tud^,  height; 
lon'gi  tud^,  the  arc  between  two  meridians  on  the  earth;  trop'ics; 
eljfagm,  a  deep  opening  in  the  earth;  ean'yon,  a  deep  gorge  be- 
tween high  and  steep  banks,  worn  by  water  courses;  isl^l^'mus,  a 
neck  of  land  between  two  bodies  of  water;  chan'nel,  a  narrow 
sea  between  two  portions  of  land. 

Look  up  the  words  in  the  fourth  column  in  the  dictionary, 
finding  their  meanings  and  marking  them  diacritically. 


^      .LESSON   19 

Plurals  Formed  by  Changing  "y"  to  "i"  and  Adding  "es." 

Singular  Plural 

navy  navies 

novelty        novelties 
penny  pennies 

gypsy  gypsies 

fairy  fairies 

to'ry,  one  in  America  who  favored  England's  cause  at  the 

time  of  the  Revolution;  fol'ly;  pas'try;  en'e  my;  bran'dy;  na'vy; 

novVl  ty,  a  new  or  strange  thing;  pen'ny;  gyp'sy;  f^V^y* 


Singular 

Plural 

tory 

tories 

folly 

follies 

pastry 

pastries 

enemy 

enemies 

brandy 

brandies 

LESSON  20 

Dictation  Review. 
The  church  choir  walked  straight  up  the  aisle ^  singing  hymns. 
A  quire  of  twenty- four  loose  leaves  was  used  in  writing  of  the 
wrongs  suffered  by  our  heroes  in  the  Isles  of  the  Sea. 
Never  lose  a  minute  in  idle  folly. 
The  bluing  was  used  in  dyeing  the  pretty  sleeves. 
That  factory  makes  sugar  from  beets. 
The  canyon  2i\id  plateau  are  shown  in  relief  on  the  map. 


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LESSON  21 

Long  Sound  of  "  o,"  as  in  "old." 


grocer 

gourd 

parole 

gored 

sold 

grown 

boll 

sole 

pole 

locomotive 

vocal 

tolled 

moment 

coke 

soled 

grosser 

told 

soul 

shoulder 

groan 

gro'?er;  sold;  pol^;  mo'ment;  told;  goijird,  a  fruit  of  the 
melon  family;  groVnj  lo^eo  mo'tiv^;  €ok^,  charred  mineral  coal; 
soi^l;  gor^d,  pierced,  as  with  a  horn;  sol^;  toU^d;  gros^'er,  more 
coarse;  gro^n. 

Find  the  meanings  of  the  words  in  the  third  column,  and 
mark  them  for  pronunciation. 


second 

fifth 
twelfth 
hundredth 
ninth 


LESSON  22 
Numbers. 

twenty- one    thirtieths  sixteenth 

forty-four       thirty-six  ninety-ninth 

million  thousandths  tenths 

fourteen  eighty- eighths  billionths 

eleventh  nineteenths  ninetieth 


see'ond;  fifth;  twelfth;  hiin'dredth;  ninth;  twen'ty-(+w)6n^; 
for'ty-foi^r;  mir'\i(=y)6n;  foi^r'te^n';  e  lev'^nth;  thir'ti  eths; 
thir'ty-six;  thou'§<2ndths;  e5^1^'ty-e^^l^t(+t)hs;  nin^'te^nths. 

Look  up  the  numbers  in  the  last  column,  and  mark  them 
diacritically. 


LESSON  23 

The  Home. 

sofa 

bureau 

library 

dinner 

picture 

mattress 

parlor 

breakfast 

curtain 

sheet 

hydrant 

supper 

mirror 

pillow 

refrigerator 

luncheon 

screen 

commode 

scuttle 

wringer 

so'fa; 

pie'tur^;     cur't^in; 

mir'ror; 

sere^r 

i;     bu'reau(=6); 

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mat'tres^;     she^t;     pil'loV;     com  modV;    din'ner;     bre^k'fast; 
sup'per;  lunch'^on;  ^ring'er. 

Look  up  the  words  in  the  third  column,  finding  the  meanings 
of  those  with  which  you  are  not  familiar,  and  mark  each  word 
for  pronunciation. 


LESSON  24 

Plurals  Formed  by  Changing  ' 

Uf„    tQ    u^„ 

and  Adding  ' 

Singular 

Plural 

Singular 

Plural 

thief 

thieves 

beef 

beeves 

wife 

wives 

sheaf 

sheaves 

wolf 

wolves 

knife 

knives 

wharf 

wharves 

elf 

elves 

half 

halves 

loaf 

loaves 

th\ef ;  wlf^;  wolf;  wharf;  ha\f ;  be^f;  she^f,  a  bundle  of  grain 
or  straw;  ^nlf^;  elf;  lo^f. 


LESSON  25 

Relating  to  Races  of  Men  and  Government. 

Caucasian        savagery        government      citizen 
Negro  nomadic  chiefs  republic 

Indian  barbarous       emperor  governor 

Mongolian        civilized  empress  mayor 

Malay  president        queen  country 

sav'ag^  ry,  the  state  of  being  savage;  no  mad'ic,  wandering; 
bar'ba  r^iis,  uncivilized;  giv'i  liz^d,  intelligent  in  arts,  learning 
and  civil  manners;  gov'ern  m^nt;  chiefs;  em'per  or,  the  ruler 
of  an  empire;  em'pres^,  the  wife  of  an  emperor,  or  the  female 
ruler  of  an  empire;  que^n,  the  wife  of  a  king,  or  the  woman 
ruler  of  a  kingdom;  fit'i  z^n;  re  pub'lic;  gov'ern  or;  ma^'or; 
e^iin'try. 

Find  the  meanings  of  the  words  in  the  first  column,  and  mark 
each  word  for  pronunciation. 


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LESSON  26 

Railroad  Terms. 

engine 

throttle 

ballast 

freight 

coupling 

caboose 

signal 

conductor 

tunnel 

Biding 

mileage 

engineer 

s'witch 

trestle 

cylinder 

journey 

wreck 

piling 

mogul 

immigrant 

en'gin^;  e^iip'ling,  a  device  which  connects  the  cars  in  a  train; 
tun'nel;  switch;  ^re^k;  throt'tl^,  the  valve  of  a  steam  engine 
worked  by  a  hand  lever;  ea  boos^';  sid'ing,  a  side  track;  tres'^l^, 
a  framework  of  piles  and  cross-bars  for  supporting  a  track; 
pil'mg,  a  series  of  piles;  bal'l^st,  gravel,  broken  stone,  etc., 
laid  in  the  bed  of  a  railroad  to  make  it  firm  and  solid;  sTg'n<a:l, 
a  sign  to  give  a  command;  mil^ag^,  the  total  length  of  track; 
fyl'in  der,  the  chamber  of  a  steam  engine  in  which  the  piston  is 
moved  by  force  of  steam;  mo^giir,  a  heavy  locomotive  for  pulling 
freight  trains. 


LESSON  27 

Language  Study. 


pronoun  phrase  comma 

grammar  attribute         capital 

adjective  voTvels  singular 

syllables  idea  plural 

modifier  predicate        command 

pro'noun;  gram'mar;     ad'jec  tiv^; 


adverb 

analyze 

analysis 

statement 

question 

syl'la  bl^§;    mod'i  fi^er; 
eom'ma; 


phra§V,      at'tri  but^;       vow'el§;    i  de'a;    pred'i  €at( 
€ap'i  t^l;  sm'gu  lar;  plu'r^l;  com  mand'. 

Look  up  the  words  in  the  final  column  in  the  dictionary,  find- 
ing their  meanings  and  marking  them  diacritically.     * 


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LESSON  28 

Parts  of  the  Body. 


thumb 

breast 

knee 

toes 

shoulder 

thigh 

mustache 

ankle 

wrist 

throat 

muscle 

beard 

nerve 

finger 

heart 

palm 

cheek 

elbow 

knuckles 

joint 

thumb;  sho^l'der;  Vrist;  nerv^;  che^k;  breast;  th%l^;  throat; 
fm'ger;  el'boV;  ^ne^;  mus^taph^;  mus'^1^;  h^art;  ^nu^k'l^§. 

Find  the  meanings  of  the  remaining  words,  and  mark  them 
for  pronunciation. 


LESSON  29 


Plurals  Formed  without  **s"  or  **es.' 


Singular 

Plural 

foot 

feet 

louse 

lice 

tooth 

teeth 

mouse 

mice 

goose 

geese 

Singular 

Plural 

"woman 

Tvomen 

grouse 

grouse 

deer 

deer 

die 

dice 

sheep 

sheep 

foot;  fe^t;  lousV>  li?^;    tooth;    te^th;    mous^;    mip^;    goo 
ge^s^;  woin'an;  wo(=i)m'en;  grous^. 


LESSON  30 

Dictation  Review, 

The  cotton  dol/  is  grown  on  the  plant. 

The  groan  of  the  man  gored  by  the  deer  was  heard  by  twenty - 
four  women. 

The  grocer  sold  the  ninety-ninth  loaf. 
The  thief  xohh^^  the  emperor. 


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Victoria  was  queen  of  England  and  empress  of  India. 
The  freight  train  was  wrecked  vn  the  tunnel. 
The  boy  cut  his  second  finger  with  a  knife. 


LESSON  31 

Long  Sound  of 

"u,"   as  in 

"use." 

Tuesd  ay- 

glue 

music 

superintendent 

bluish 

mute 

institute 

suit 

avenue 

amuse 

tune 

reduce 

suet 

bureau 

pursue 

fluid 

induce 

resume 

injurious 

subdue 

glu^;  mut^,  silent;  amugVj  bu'reau(=6);  re§umV;  mu'§ie; 
in'stitut^;  tun^;  pursuV;  inju'ri^iis,  harmful;  supper m tend Vnt, 
one  who  directs;  su^t;  re  dugV>  to  lessen;  flu'id,  a  body  whose 
particles  move  freely  among  themselves;  siib  duV»  to  overcome. 

Find  the  meanings  of  the  words  in  the  first  column,  and  mark 
them  diacritically. 


poultice 

patient 

fever 

hoarse 

measles 


LESSON  32 

Relating  to  Health. 


dro'wsy 

hiccough 

scrofula 

cough 

pulse 


appetite 

headache 

colic 

croup 

spasms 


chilblains 
•whooping  cough 
dandruff 
malaria 
sprain 


po^l'tiQ^,  a  soft  preparation  applied  to  sores;  pa'ti(^)nt,  one 
who  is  being  treated  for  sickness;  fe'ver;  ho^rs^;  me^'§l^§; 
drow'gy,  sleepy;  hic'c^ii^W+p);  scrof'u  la;  €ou(=a)gh;  puls^; 
ap'pe  tit^;  he^d'acl^^;  eorie;  eroi^p;  spa§'m,  an  unnatural 
drawing  together  of  the  muscles. 

Look  up  the  words  in  the  last  column,  finding  their  meanings 
and  marking  them  for  pronunciation. 


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LESSON  33 

Trades  and  Occupations, 

butcher  sailor  cooper  janitor 

machinist         shepherd        mason  plumber 

druggist  -weaver  law^yer  saddler 

mechanic  shoemaker     tailor  policeman 

doctor  miner  florist  peddler 

bu'^ch'er;  ma  ?hm'ist;  drug'gist;  me  cl^an'ie,  one  skilled  in 
making  machines,  etc.;  doc'tor;  sa'jror;  shep'I^erd;  we^v'er; 
sho^'mak/cr;  mln'er;  cdbp'er,  one  who  makes  barrels,  etc.; 
ma's^n,  one  who  builds  with  stone  or  brick;  la^'yer;  taVlor; 
flo'rist,  one  who  sells  flowers. 


LESSON  34 

Fruits  and  Nuts. 

almond  apple  currant  pecans 

orange  prune  cherry  filberts 

pear  apricot  lemon  "walnuts 

peach  raspberries    dewberry  hazelnuts 

plum  gooseberry     quince  cocoanuts 

aVmond;  6r'a(=e)ng^;  p^dr;  pe^ch;  plum;  ap'pl^;  prun^; 
a'pri  cot;  ragp'ber  ri^§;  goo§Vber  ry;  pe  can§';  fil'berts;  warnuts; 
ha'z^l  niits;  co'co^  nuts^. 


LESSON  35 

Short  Sound  of  "a, 
attack  accident  imagine 

hammock         anchor  lattice 

cancel  captain  palace 

cabin  catalogue        answer 

rabbit  examine  damage 

attai^k';    ham'mo^k;    can'fel;     cab'in; 


as  in  "cat." 


fashion 
scratch 
valleys 
hatchet 
tattoo 

rab'bit;    im  ag'in^; 


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lat'ti?^,  a  network  made  by  crossing  laths;  parap^;  an's^er, 
dam'agV?  sera^ch;  val'l^ys;  ha^ch'et;  tat  too',  to  make  colored 
figures  on  the  skin. 

Look  up  the  words  in  the  second  column,  finding  their  mean- 
ings and  marking  them  for  pronunciation. 


LESSON  36 

Articles  of  Food. 


preserves 

sauce 

salad 

vineg-ar 

biscuit 


toast 
butter 
honey- 
sponge  cake 
sausage 


cutlet  mutton 

graham  bread  cranberry 
sirloin  steak      soup 
fillet  bacon 

venison  victuals 


pre  §erv^§',  fruits  prepared  for  keeping;  sai^?^;  sal'^d; 
vm'egar;  bis'c^it;  to^st;  biit'ter;  hon'^y;  spong^  eak^;  sa^'sagV? 
eiit'let,  a  piece  of  meat  cut  for  broiling;  gra'l^^m  bre^d;  sir'loin^ 
st^ak;  fir  let,  a  piece  of  lean  meat  without  bone;  ven'i  §6n,  the 
flesh  of  the  deer. 

Find  the  meanings  of  the  remaining  words,  and  mark  them 
diacritically. 


LESSON  37 

Words  Meaning  the  Same. 

forsake  desert  blame  condemn 

detest  loathe  erase  cancel 

complete  entire  business  trade 

receive  accept  calm  serene 

decent  becoming  coarse  rough 

for  sak^';  de§ert';  detest';  lo^th^;  com  pletV;  en  tir^; 
re  ^e^v^';  accept';  de'^^nt^  be  eom'ing;  blam^j  eon  demi^'; 
eras^;  can'^el. 

Look  up  the  remaining  pairs  of  words,  marking  each  word 
diacritically. 


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LESSON  38 

Tools  and  Implements  used  by  the  Farmer. 


scythe 

wagon 

mower 

pitchfork 

harrow 

cultivator 

hayknife 

w^eeder 

roller 

hinge 

reaper 

sickle 

wrench 

shovel 

separator 

tedder 

hoes 

hammer 

thresher 

wheelbarrow 

s^ytb^;  har'roVj  an  implement  for  making  the  soil  fine  and 
leveling  the  ground;  roU'er;  French;  ho^§;  wag'on;  eul'ti  va^tor; 
hing^;  shov'^l;  ham'mer;  mo^'er;  ha^'f^nlf^;  re^p'er;  sep'a  ra'^tor; 
thresh 'er. 

Mark  each  word  in  the  last  column  for  pronunciation,  and 
find  the  meanings  of  the  words  which  you  do  not  know. 


LESSON  39 

Articles  in  Hardware  Store. 

auger  scissors  trowel  square 

planes  screws  pincers  tongs 

knobs  wringer  kettles  furnace 

hatchet  woodenware  pliers  solder 

gimlet  chisel  compasses  faucet 

a^'ger,  aninstrument  for  boring  holes;  plan^§;  ^n6b§;ha^ch'et; 
gim'let,  a  small  tool  for  boring  holes;  siji§'§or§;  s€re(=u)V§; 
Vring'er;  wdbd'^nw^r^j  chi§'el,  a  tool  with  a  cutting  edge  on 
one  end  of  a  metal  blade;  trow 'el,  a  small,  scoop-shaped  garden 
tool;  pm'ferg,  an  instrument  for  gripping  things;  ket'tl^§;  pli'er§, 
small  pincers  with  long  jaws;  eom'p^s^  e§,  instruments  for 
finding  directions. 

Mark  the  remaining  words  for  pronunciation,  and  find  the 
meanings  of  those  with  which  you  are  not  familiar. 


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LESSON  40 

Dictation  Review. 

He  mended  the  kettles  with  solder. 

The  mason  used  a  trowel  in  repairing  the  damage  done  to  the 
wall. 

The  boy  had  cranberry  sauce  and  biscuit  for  his  lunch. 

The  captain  brought  his  boat  to  anchor. 

The  doctor  cured  the  patient  of  a  hoarse  cough. 

The  accident  was  followed  by  an  attack  of  fever. 

The  butcher  sold  a  ^^//<?/  of  veal. 

We  had  sirloin  steak  for  dinner. 


pleasant 

bedstead 

begg'ar 

feather 

health 


LESSON  41 

Short  Sound  of  "e,"  as  in 
heavy 
instead 
pencil 


present 
pleasure 


sense 
steady- 
strength 
thread 
■weather 


•  met." 

threaten 
■welcome 
.  wealthy- 
vegetable 
measure 

he^th 
sensfe; 


ple^§'^nt;  bed'ste^d;  beg'gar;  fe^th'er;  health;  he^v'y; 
instead';  pen'^il;  pre§Vnt;  ple^§(+h)'ur^;  sens^;  ste^d'y; 
strength;  thread;  we^th'er. 

Mark  all  the  words  in  the  fourth  column  for  pronunciation, 
and  look  up  the  meanings  of  such  as  you  may  not  be  acquainted 
with. 


LESSON  42 

Articles  in 

the  Drug  Store. 

salve 

medicine 

alcohol 

licorice 

sponges 

calcimine 

gasoline 

vanilla 

vials 

combs 

ammonia 

soda 

bottles 

poisons 

arsenic 

castor  oil 

liquors 

perfumery 

borax 

benzine 

saH; 

spong'es;     vi'^l§, 

small      glass 

bottles;     b6t't%; 

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liq(=k)'^or§;  med'i  fin^;  esiVgi  min^,  a  white  or  colored  wash  for 
covering  plastering;  €omb§;  poi'§^n§;  per  fum'er  y;  areo  hoi; 
gas'6  lin^;  am  mo'ni  a;  ar'se  nie,  a  poison;  bo'rax,  a  salt. 

By  consulting  the  dictionary,  find  the  meanings  of  the  words 
in  the  final  column,  and  mark  them  diacritically. 


cease 

peril 

dear 

deep 

precious 


LESSON  43 

Words  of  Opposite  Meanings. 

continue  benefit 

safety  similar 

cheap  collect 

shallo^w  solemn 

worthless  wasteful 


mjury 

different 

dispel 

funny 

saving 


9e^s^;  con  tin'u^;  per'il;  safety;  de^r;  che^p;  de^p;  shal'loV; 
pre'ci(=sh)^us;  wo(=u)rth'les^;  ben'efit;  in 'jury,  sim'ilar; 
differ  ^nt. 

Mark  the  last  three  pairs  of  words  for  pronunciation,  and 
show  the  meanings  by  use  in  sentences. 


LESSON  44 

Short  Sound  of  "i"  and 

"y,"  as  in  "tin" 

'  and  "pity." 

sirup                  dipper 

imitate 

religious 

jingle                 addition 

opinion 

spirit 

villain                mischief 

particular 

village 

myth                  myriad 

permission 

arithmetic 

griddle              familiar 

position 

rhythm 

sir'iip;  jin'gl^;  vil'l^in,  a  wicked  person;  myth,  a  fairy  story; 
grid'dl^;  dip'per;  ad  di'tion;  mis'chi^f ;  myr'i  ad,  a  very  great 
many;  fa  mil'i(=y)ar;  im'i  tat^;  6  pin'i(=y)6n;  par  tie'u  lar; 
per  mis'sion;  p6  §i'tion. 

Mark  the  words  in  the  last  column  diacritically;  then,  by  look- 
ing them  up  in  the  dictionary,  correct  your  markings. 


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LESSON  45 

Words  of 

Opposite  Meanings. 

Ugly 

handsome 

scarce 

plenty- 

rare 

common 

ascend 

descend 

tough 

brittle 

accept 

reject 

cause 

effect 

doubtful 

certain 

pious 

impious 

abundance 

famine 

iig'ly;  han^'som^;  rir^;  eom'mon;  t^ugh;  brit'tl^,  €a^§V5 
ef  feet';  pi'^iis;  imp'i^iis;  seir?^;  plen'ty;  ascend';  descend'. 

By  using  the  dictionary,  mark  the  remaining  pairs  of  words 
for  pronunciation,  and,  by  using  the  words  in  sentences,  show 
the  opposition  of  meanings  in  each  pair. 


LESSON  46 

Insects. 

gnat 

flea                   earwig 

wasp 

weevil 

caterpillar      locust 

hornet 

cricket 

mosquito         midge 

louse 

beetle 

cockroach      katydid 

walking-stick 

bumble-bee 

chinch-bug     dragon-fly 

butterfly 

^nat;  we^vy,  a  kind  of  beetle;  eri^k'et;  be^tlV?  bum'bl^-be^^, 
so  named  from  its  sound;  fle^;  eat'er  piKlar;  mos  qi^i'to;  co^k'- 
ro^ch;  chinch '-biig,  a  bug  which  destroys  grass  and  grains; 
e^r'wig^;  lo'ciist;  mi^g^,  a  very  small  fly;  ka'ty  did^,  so  named 
because  of  the  strange,  harsh  sound  which  the  males  make  at 
night;  drag'on-fly'^.  The  butterfly  was  so  named  from  the  color 
of  a  yellow  variety.  The  walking-stick  was  so  called  from  its 
long,  slender,  wingless  body,  which  looks  like  a  stick. 

By  use  of  the  dictionary,  mark  the  words  in  the  final  column 
diacritically. 


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LESSON  47 

Made  in  a  Factory. 


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furniture 

mirror 

powder 

shoes 

"Wheels 


valise 

cigars 

machinery 

worsted 

piano 


typewriter 

screens 

mattress 

burlap 

rubbers 


chimneys 

bicycle 

buttons 

erasers 

mittens 


fur'ni  tur^;  mir'ror;  pow'der;  sho^§;  whe^l§;  va  lis^';  91  gar§'; 
ma  ^hin'er  y;  woifst'ed,  fine,  soft  woolen  yarn;  pi(==e)a'n6;  typ^'- 
Vri^ter;  S€re^n§;  mat'tres^,  bur 'lap,  a  coarse  fabric  used  for 
bagging;  riib'berg. 

Mark  the  last  column  of  words  for  pronunciation,  and  then 
correct  your  work  by  consulting  the  dictionary. 


LESSON  48 


Names  of  Birds. 


wren 

parrot 

bobolink 

heron 

hawk 

sparrow 

cuckoo 

chickadee 

crane 

swallow 

linnet 

pheasant 

quail 

ostrich 

plover 

oriole 

robin 

pigeon 

partridge 

grouse 

^ren;  ha^k;  eran^;  quajl,  the  bob-white;  rob'in;  par'rot; 
spar'roV;  swal'loV;  os'trich;  pig'^on;  bob'o  link;  eu^k'oo,  so 
named  from  its  note;  lin'net,  so  called  because  it  feeds  on  the 
seeds  of  flax  and  hemp  (from  Latin,  linum^  flax);  plov'er,  a  kind 
of  sand-piper — a  game  bird  (from  French  pluvier^  rain-bird, 
because  it  frequents  the  banks  of  rivers  and  the  sea-shore); 
par'tri^g^,  the  bob-white.  The  chickadee  receives  its  name  froni 
its  note. 


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Mark  the  words  in  the  last   column  diacritically,  using  the] 

dictionary.  i 

Pictures  of  these  birds  will  be  found- in  the  dictionary.  « 


LESSON  49 

Letters 

Omitted. 

it's 

won't 

'tis 

I'll 

we've 

don't 

aren't 

I'm 

she's 

doesn't 

isn't 

I've 

there's 

wasn't 

hasn't 

I'd 

you'll 

sha'n't 

you've 

e'er 

The  apostrophe  ( ' )  is  used  to  show  the  omission  of  a  letter  or  i 
letters.  ! 

These  contractions,    with    some   others,    are  often  used  in! 
familiar  conversation  and  in  poetry.  \ 

Ifs  is  a  contraction  of  it  is.    This  should  not  be  confused  \ 
with  the  pronoun  itSy  which  is  not  written  with  the  apostrophe.  ' 
Won't  is  a  contraction  of  wall  (will)  not.    Don  t  means  do  not. 
Is  it  correct  to  say,  *'  He  don't"  or  "It  don't"  ? 

Find  of  what  words  these  are  contractions,  if  in  any  case 
you  do  not  know. 


LESSON  50 

Dictation  Review. 

The  feathers  of  the  ostrich  are  dear.  ^                  '\ 

Most  medicine  is  not  pleasant  to  take.  1 

The  worthless  villain  did  much  mischief. 

The  famine  threatened  great  peril.  | 

The  robin  and  the  oriole  are  more  welcome  than  is  the  common  \ 

\ 
sparrow.  \ 

That  ugly  caterpillar  will  some  day  be  a  rare  butterfly.  \ 


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LESSON  51 

Short  Sound  of 

"o,"  as  in  " 

not." 

bottom 

honor 

hollow 

dodge 

profit 

oflBlcer 

scholar 

prophet 

honest 

opposite 

prompt 

onward 

college 

cottage 

blotch 

blossom 

apology 

modern 

kno'wledge 

constant 

b6t't6m;  profit;  l^on'est;  eol'leg^;  a  pol'o  gy*  I^on'or;  of'fi  ger; 
op'po  §it^;  eot'tag^;  mod'ern,  of  recent  time;  hol'loV;  sel^orar; 
prompt;  blotch,  a  blot  or  spot;  ^no^l'e^g^. 

Look  up  the  words  in  the  final  column  in  the  dictionary, 
mark  them  diacritically,  and  find  the  meanings  of  those 
which  you  do  not  know. 


LESSON  52 

Games  and  Sports. 

billiards  hop-scotch  quoits  cycling 

croquet  marbles  checkers  swinmiing 

cricket  shinney  coasting  skating 

tennis  hockey  bowling  gOlf 

charades  dominoes  yachting  puzzles 

bilVia(=ye)rds;  eroqi^e^;  eri^k'et,  an  English  game  played 
with  ball,  bats  and  wickets;  ten'nis;  fha  rad^§',  word  puzzles,  in 
which  the  parts  of  the  words  are  acted  or  described  in  words; 
hop'-sco^ch^,  a  children's  game,  in  which  the  player,  hopping  on 
one  foot,  drives  a  stone  from  one  part  to  another  of  a  figure 
traced  on  the  ground;  mar'bl^§;  shin'n^y;  ho^k'^y,  the  same 
game  as  shinney;  dom'i  n6^§;  fy'cling;  swim'ming;  skat'ing; 
golf;  puz'zl^§. 

Mark  the  words  in  the  third  column  for  pronunciation,  using 
the  dictionary. 


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LESSON  53 

Common  Flowers  and  Plants. 


violet 

catnip 

geranium 

oxalis 

columbine 

begonia 

dahlia 

tulip 

anemone 

phlox 

iris 

dandelion 

aster 

lilies 

carnation 

lilac 

daisies 

cactus 

pansy 

nasturtium 

vi'6  let;  eol'um  bln^  (from  a  word  meaning  dove-like,  so  called 
from  the  beak-like  spurs  of  its  flowers);  a  nem'o  ne,  windflower 
(from  a  word  meaning  wind,  so  named  because  easily  stripped  of  its 
petals  by  the  wind);  as'ter  (from  a  word  meaning  star,  so  called 
because  of  the  form  of  the  flower);  da^'§i^§  (literally,  day's  eyes); 
eat'nip  (so  called  because  cats  like  it);  be  gon'i  a  (named  after 
Michel  BegOHt  a  noted  student  of  flowers);  phlox  (from  a  Greek 
word  meaning  flame,  probably  so  called  because  of  the  brilliant 
colors  of  the  flowers);  lil'i^§;  cac'tus  (from  a  word  meaning 
prickly  plant)\  ge  ra'ni  um  (from  a  word  meaning  crane — the 
geranium  is  sometimes  called  crane' s-biU)\  dal^ri(=y)a  (from 
Dahl,  the  name  of  a  Swedish  botanist);  i'ris  (from  a  word  mean- 
ing the  rainbow)',  car  na'tion  (from  a  word  meaning  flesh-co\oved)\ 
pan'§y.  Tulip  is  a  Turkish  word  meaning  a  turban,  so  called 
because  the  form  of  this  flower  is  turban-like;  dandelion  is 
from  a  French  phrase  meaning  lion's  tooth,  on  account  of  the 
form  and  size  of  its  leaves. 

Mark  the  words  in  the  final  column  for  pronunciation,  using 
the  dictionary. 


LESSON  54 

Words  with  Similar   Meanings. 

deceive       cheat  error  mistake 

deed  action  practice  exercise 

merits         deserves  clear  fair 

enlarge       develop  fertile  fruitful 

diet  fare  freak  fancy 


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de^e^vV;  che^t;  de^d;  ae'tion;  mer'its;  de§erv^';  en  larg^'; 
de  veFop;  di'et;  Mr^;  er'ror;  mis  tak^';  prae'tig^;  ex'er  gi§^. 

Place  the  diacritical  markings  on  the  remaining  pairs  of 
words,  using  the  dictionary  in  correcting  your  work. 


LESSON  55 

Short  Sound  of 

''ii,"  as  in 

"up." 

scull 

nun 

southern 

young- 

bust 

couple 

touch 

grumble 

plumb 

country 

tough 

cunning 

cousin 

double 

trouble 

tufts 

ruff 

enough 

uncle 

judge 

seiiH,  a  boat;  bust,  the  portion  of  the  body  between  the  head 
and  waist;  pliiml^,  vertical;  c^ug'^n;  ruflf,  a  plaited  collar  of 
muslin  or  linen;  nun,  a  woman  devoted  to  a  religious  life,  and 
living  in  a  convent;  e^up'I^;  c^un'try;  d^ub'l^;  e  n^iigh';  s^iith'- 
ern;  t^uch;  t^ugh;  tri^iib'lV,  iin'el^. 

Mark  the  words  in  the  fourth  column  for  pronunciation,  using 
the  dictionary. 


LESSON  56 

N^mes  of  Fishes. 


salmon 

minnow 

crappie 

flounder 

perch 

mackerel 

shiner 

carp 

mullet 

sardine 

sucker 

Cisco 

herring 

trout 

eel 

bullhead 

pickerel 

halibut 

chub 

muskellunge 

Pictures  of  all  of  these  fish  may  be  found  in  the  back  of  the 
dictionary. 

sa\m'6n;    perch;     mul'let;     her'ring;     pi^k'er  el;     min'noV; 


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ma^k'er  el;  sar  din^;  trout;  hal'i  biit;  erap'pi^;  shin'er;  sii^k'er; 
e^l;  chub. 

Mark  the  words  in  the  last  column   diacritically,  and  then, 
with  the  aid  of  the  dictionary,  make  the  necessary  corrections. 


division 

divisor 

dividend 

difference 

multiplication 


LESSON  57 

Words  from  Arithmetic. 

multiplicand  contents 
subtraction    barrel 
breadth  nickel 

height  angle 

■weight  surface 


cylinder 

parallel 

horizontal 

vertical 

sphere 


di  vi'§i(=h)6n;  di  vi'gor;  div'i  dend;  dif 'fer  ^n?^;  muKti  pli- 
ca'tion;  muKti  pli  eand';  sub  trae'tion;  breadth;  h^i^I^t;  we'i^I^t; 
eon'tents;  bar'rel;  ni^kVl;  an'gl^;  sur'fap^. 

Mark  the  words  in  the  fourth  column  for  pronunciation,  and 
look  up  the  meanings  of  any  with  which  you  may  not  be  familiar. 
Note  carefully  the  spelling  of  parallel. 


LESSON 

58 

Common  Abbreviations. 

Mister 

Mr. 

Number 

No. 

Mistress 

Mrs. 

Postoflace 

P.O. 

Doctor 

Dr. 

postscript 

P.  S. 

Reverend 

Rev. 

forenoon 

A.M. 

Honorable 

Hon. 

afternoon 

P.M. 

Professor 

Prof. 

Take  notice 

N.  B. 

Captain 

Capt. 

last  month 

ult. 

Major 

Maj. 

this  month 

inst. 

Colonel 

Col. 

next  month 

prox. 

General 

Gen. 

and  so  forth 

etc. 

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The  period  is  a  part  of  the  abbreviation.  Its  omission  makes 
a  misspelling. 

Mistress  is  the  title  of  a  married  woman.  Missis  is  sometimes 
used  instead  of  Mistress.  The  title  Miss  for  an  unmarried  woman 
is  not  an  abbreviation  and  should  not  be  followed  by  the  period. 

The  title  Honorable  is  used  for  those  who  hold,  or  have  held, 
any  public  office,  such  as  judges,  governors,  and  members  of 
Congress. 

Note  that  the  abbreviation  for  Professor  has  but  one  f. 

A.  M.  is  from  the  'Lsdin  Anfe  Meridiem — before  the  sun  gets 
to  our  meridian.  P.  M.  is  from  the  Latin  Post  Meridiem — after 
the  su^i  passes  our  meridian. 

Look  in  the  back  part  of  the  dictionary  for  the  meanings  of 
N.  B.,  inst.,  ult.,  and  prox. 

fnis'ter;  mis'tres^;  doe'tor;  rev'er  ^nd;  l^on'or  a  bl^,  pro  fes^or; 
eap't^in;  ma'jor;  €olo(=ur)'n^l;  gen'er  a\\  num'ber;  post'of  fi?^; 
post'seript;  for^'noon;  aft'er  noon. 


LESSON  59 


Animals. 

terrier 

chamois 

leopard 

sable 

mastiff 

squirrel 

lynx 

weasel 

setter 

collie 

otter 

porcupine 

monkey 

gopher 

opossum 

llama 

elephant 

hare 

raccoon 

giraffe 

ter'ri  er;  mas'tif^;  set'ter;  mon'k^y;  el'e  ph^nt;  fham'^i^; 
squir'rel;*€6rii^;  go'pher;  hir^;  lei?p'ard;  lynx;  ot'ter;  6  pos'siim; 
rae'coon'. 

Place  the  diacritical  markings  on  the  words  in  the  final  column 
and  then  correct  your  work  with  the  aid  of  the  dictionary. 


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40  MAYNE'S    SIGHT   SPELLER 

LESSON  60 

Dictation  Review. 

Janesville,  Wis.,  May  14,  1905. 
R.  S.  Blank, 

Springfield,  111. 
My  dear  Mr,  Blank: 

Your  letter  of  the  twelfth  inst.  is  before  me.  Capt,  New- 
comb  and  Gen.  Wheeler  asked  me  to  write  to  you  this  P.  M.  and 
get  your  honest  opinion  as  to  the  merits  oi  yachting-  as  a  sport  for 
a  boy.  Maj.  Cairns  and  Rev.  Thornton  conde7nn  it.  I  have 
learned  the  art  of  swimming  and  think  I  should  be  safe  in  rough 
weather  as  well  as  in  fair.  I  know  how  to  scull  and  could  reach 
shore  without  a  sail. 

Yours  very  truly, 

John  Jones,  Jr. 
P.  S.     Please  send  answer  through  the  P.  O, 


FIFTH  GRADE 


LESSON  61 

Synonyms. 

cherish 

foster                         gaunt 

delicate 

feeble                          g-enial 

fraud 

deceit                         gesture 

attain 

achieve                      spectre 

adorn 

decorate                    alms 

spare 
joyous 
attitude 
ghost 
gift 

cher'ish;  fos'ter;  del'ieat^;  fe^blV?  fra^d;  defeat';  attain'; 
a  ch^ev^';  adorn';  dee'o  rat^;  ga^nt;  sp^r^;  ge'ni  ^1;  joy'J^iis. 

Look  up  the  remaining  pairs  of  words  in  the  dictionary,  and 
mark  them  for  pronunciation. 


fortitude 

fragile 

sombre 

blithe 

docile 


LESSON  62 

Antonyms. 


•weakness 

strong 

showy 

solemn 

rough 


gloomy 

awkward 

grave 

grieve 

coarse 


bright 

graceful 

giddy 

rejoice 

delicate 


for'ti  tud^;  we^k'nes^;  frag'il^;  strong;  s6m'bre(=er);  shoVy*j 
blith^;  sol'emiY;  dog'il^;  r^ugh(=f);  gloom'y;  bri^I^t;  a^k'ward; 
grapVful. 

Mark  the  remaining  pairs  of  words  for  pronunciation,  using 
the  dictionary. 

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42  MAYNE'S    SIGHT    SPELLER  * 

LESSON  63       . 

Long  Italian  "a,"  as  in  "father;"  and  Short  Italian  "a,"  as  in  "ask." 


halves 

daunt 

wafted 

villa 

palmy- 

arcade 

advancin:^ 

messiah 

aunt 

arbor 

ant 

salary- 

martyr 

archer 

command 

akin 

alms 

arctic 

staff 

algebra 

ha^v^§;  pa^m'y,  thriving,  prosperous;  a^nt;  mar'tyr,  one  who 
loses  his  life  or  that  which  is  of  value  to  him  for  the  sake  of 
what  he  believes;  al,m§,  anything  given  to  relieve  the  poor; 
datint,  to  dismay;  ar  ead^j  an  arched  passage-way;  ar'bor,  a 
lattice-work  covered  with  vines  for  shade;  arch'er,  one  skilled  in 
the  use  of  the  bow  and  arrow;  are'tic;  waft'ed,  floated;  ad  van?'- 
ing;  ant;  command';  sisii\, 

Mark  the  remaining  words  for  pronunciation,  and  find  the 
meanings  of  those  with  which  j-ou  are  not  familiar. 


LESSON  64 

States  of  United  States,  with  Abbreviations. 


Alabama 

Ala. 

Florida 

Fla. 

Arkansas 

Ark. 

Georg-ia 

Ga. 

Colorado 

Colo. 

Idaho 

Id. 

Connecticut 

Conn. 

Illinois 

111. 

Delaware 

Del. 

Indiana 

Ind. 

AKa  ba'ma  (from  an  Indian  word  meaning  "Here  we  rest"); 
Ar'k^n  sa^  (from  Kansas,  with  the  French  prefix  of  arc,  sl  bow— 
Kansas  is  of  Indian  derivation  and  means  "smoky  water"); 
€6K^  ra'do  (Spanish,  r^'d  or  colored);  Conne^t'ieut  (Indian, 
Qunni-tuk-ut,  the  country  "upon  the  long  river");  Del'^^  wdr^ 
(named  in  honor  of  Thomas  West,  Lord  de  la  Ware,  who  visited 
the  bay  in  1610,  and  died  on  his  vessel  at  its  mouth);  Flor'i  d^ 
(named  by  Ponce  de  Leon  from  the  day  on  which  he  discovered 


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43 


it,  Easter  Sunday,  called,  in  Spanish,  Pascua  Florida)',  G^or'gi  a 
(named  in  honor  of  George  II.  of  England). 

Place  diacritical  markings  upon  Idaho,  Illinois,  and  Indiana. 
Illinois  is  from  an  Indian  word  {illini)  meaning  men,  and  the 
French  suffix  ois — "tribe  of  men;"  Indiana  is  from  the  word 
Indian. 


\ 


LESSON  65 

Synonyms. 

absurd  foolish  disease  ailment 

lively  sprig-htly  dumb  silent 

habitual  frequent  obtain  acquire 

denote  signify  entice  allure 

mourn  lament  blemish  defect 

ab  surd';  fool'ish;  liv^'ly;  spri^I^t'ly;  ha  bit'u  a\\  fre'quent; 
de  not^';  sig'ni  fy;  moiarn;  lament';  di§  e^§V>  ajl'm^nt;  dumts?; 
si'knt 

Place  the  proper  diacritical  markings  upon  the  pairs  of  words 
remaining,  employing  the  dictionary  to  correct  your  workc 


LESSON  66 

Antonyms. 

banish 

recall 

utterly 

partly 

endless 

limited 

urgent 

unimportant 

mental 

physical 

sobriety 

intemperance 

pollute 

purify 

modesty 

arrogance 

silly 

sedate 

deep 

shallow 

ban'ish;  recalV;  end'les^;  lim'it  ed;  men't^l;  phy§'i€<2l; 
pollut^';  pur'ify;  sil'ly;  se  dat^';  ut'ter  ly;  part'ly;  ur'g^nt; 
iin^im  p6r't<3;nt. 

Mark  the  remaining  pairs  of  words  for  pronunciation,  using 
the  dictionary  afterward  to  determine  whether  you  have  marked 
them  correctly. 


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LESSON  67 

Broad  ''a,' 

'as  in  "all;" 

Short  Broad  "a,' 

'  as  in  **  wha 

awe 

pawned 

quality- 

watched 

caught 

gnawed 

quarrel 

qualify 

daughter 

taught 

wallow 

quantity 

fawned 

sawed 

washer 

quarry 

gaudy 

naught 

waspish 

wanton 

"  a  "  is  an  equivalent  of  "6." 

aV^,  fear,  respect;  ea^^I^t;  dai^^l^'ter;  fa^n^d,  flattered  meanly; 
gaijd'y,  showy;  pa^n^d,  given  in  pledge  of  money  borrowed, 
or  of  a  debt;  ^naw^d;  tai^^l^t;  saV^d;  na^^l^t;  waK;ch^d(=t); 
qual'i  fy,  to  prepare;  quan'ti  ty;  quar'ry;  wan'ton,  heedless. 

Mark  the  words  in  column  three  for  pronunciation,  and  find 
the  meaning  of  waspish. 


LESSON  68 

Prefix  "in,"  means  *'not." 

inactive  indelible  insane  infirm 

incapable  indifferent  inorganic  inexpert 

incompetent  indirect  inhuman  inexcusable 

incorrect  inelegant  inflexible  indivisible 

indecent  inexact  informal  indisposed 

in  ae'tivV,  in  ea'pa  bl^,  in  eom'pe  t^nt,  not  competent  or  fit;, 
in  cor'reet;  in  de'g^nt,  not  decent  or  becoming;  in  del'i  bl^,  not 
deleble,  or  capable  of  being  erased  or  removed;  in  differ  ^nt, 
not  making  a  difference — of  a  medium  state;  in^di  reef;  in  el'e- 
g<2nt;  in '"e?  act';  in  san^;  in^'or  gan'ie,  not  having  life;  in  hu'- 
man;  in  inflex'ibl^,  not  flexible;  in  form'al,  not  according  to  rule. 

Place  diacritical  marks  upon  the  remaining  words  in  the 
lesson,  and  then  correct  your  work  by  consulting  the  dictionary. 


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MAYNE'S    SIGHT    SPELLER  45 

LESSON    69 

States  of  the  United  States,  with  Abbreviations. 

Oregon  Ore.  Utah  Ut. 

Pennsylvania  Pa.  Vermont  Vt. 

Rhode  Island  R.  L  Virginia  Va. 

Tennessee  Tenn.  "Washington  'Wash. 

Texas  Tex.  "Wisconsin  'Wis. 

OrV  gon  (named  by  Carver,  Oregon;  i.  e..  River  of  the  West); 
PeniV^syl  va'ni  a  (Penn's  woods  [Latin  sylva^  a  wood],  named 
after  William  Penn,  who  settled  the  country  in  1681);  Rl^od^ 
I^'l^nd  (named  from  a  fancied  resemblance  to  the  island  of 
Rhodes);  Ten^'n^s  seV  (Indian,  river  of  the  Big  Bend);  Tex'<3:s; 
U'tal^;  V^r  mont'  (from  French  verd^  green,  mont^  mountain, 
green  mountains). 

Place  the  proper  diacritical  markings  upon  Virginia,  Wash- 
ington, and  Wisconsin.  "Virginia  was  named  in  honor  of  Queen 
Elizabeth,  the  ^*' Virgin  Queen,"  in  whose  reign  Sir  Walter 
Raleigh  made  the  first  attempt  to  colonize  this  region;  Washing- 
ton received  its  name  from  George  Washington^  first  president 
of  the  United  States;  Wisconsin  is  of  Indian  derivation,  and 
means  "wild  rushing  channel." 


LESSON  70 

Dictation  Review. 

The  boy  vf2iS  Joyous  because  he  was  going  to  visit  his  aunt  at 
her  villa  in  Florida. 

The  father  cherished  the  gift  from  his  daughter. 

Habitual  intemperance  is  an  inexcusable  weakness, 

Texas  is  the  largest  and  Rhode  Island  the  smallest  of  the 
states  of  the  Union. 

* '  Two  it  takes  to  make  a  quarrel; 

One  can  always  end  it." 

Even  disease  and  physical  pain  did  not  daunt  the  brave  man. 


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He  was  taught  that  quality  is  often  more  to  be  desired  than 
quantity. 


LESSON  71 

Arithmetic  Lesson. 

integral  common  cancellation    fractional 

composite  aliquot  denominator  ratio 

multiple  prime  numerator       measurement 

divisible  excess  simplify  avoirdupois 

principles  proceed  decimal  circle 

in'te  gr^l;  eom  po§'it^,  made  up  of  parts;   mul'ti  pl^;  di  vi§'- 
1  blV?   prin'fi  pl^§;  eom'mon;    al'i  quot,  a  part  of  a    number  or 
quantity  which  will  divide  it  without  a  remainder;  prim^;  ex(=k)-  i 
9es^';  pro  fe^d';  can^^el  la'tion;  de  nom'i  na'^tor;  nu'mer  a'^tor;  ; 
sim'plify;  de^'im^l. 

Mark  the  remaining  words  for  pronunciation,  using  the  die-  ' 
tionary  to  find  whether  your  work  is  correct.  i 


LESSON  72 


arduous 

Ani 
easy 

tonyms. 

haughty 

humble 

injury- 

benefit 

ideal 

actual 

hasten 

delay 

indolent 

industrious 

hateful 

lovable 

famous 

obscure 

hideous 

beautiful 

partial 

just 

ar'du  J^iis;  e^§'y;  in'ju  ry;  ben'e  fit;  has'i;^n;  de  la^';  hat^'ful;  \ 
lov'a  bl^;  hid'e  ^iis;  b^^u'ti  ful;  hai^^l^'ty;  hum'bl^;  ide'^l;| 
ae'tu  o\,  \ 

Place  marks  upon  the  remaining  antonyms  to  indicate  pro  J 
nunciation,  employing  the  dictionary  to  correct  your  work.  ] 


MAYNE'S   SIGHT   SPELLER  47 

LESSON  73 

'd"  modified  by  "r,"  as  in  "cire."     Equivalent,  "e." 


compare 

farewell 

repairing 

stairway- 

parent 

hairy- 

rarebit 

swearing 

plowshare 

lair 

scare 

thoroughfare 

sharer 

nig-htmare 

elsewhere 

prepare 

welfare 

impair 

sparing 

heir 

eom  p^r^;  p^rVnt;  plow'shar^,  the  part  of  a  plow  which  cuts 
the  slice  of  earth  or  sod  at  the  bottom  of  the  furrow;  sh^r'er; 
wel'far^^;  f^r^'^welV;  ha^r'y;  Id^r,  the  bed  of  a  wild  animal;  mdr^; 
im  pa\r',  to  injure;  re  pa^r'mg;  r^r^bit,  a  dainty  morsel;  sear^; 
els^'wher^;  spdr'mg,  saving. 

Mark  the  words  in  the  final  column  diacritically,  and  then 
correct  them  by  looking  them  up  in  the  dictionary. 


LESSON  74 

States  of  the  United  States,  with  Abbreviations. 
Iowa  la.  Maryland  Md. 

Kansas  Kas.  Massachusetts    Mass. 

Kentucky-       Ky.  Michigan  Mich. 

Louisiana       La.  Minnesota  Minn. 

Maine  Me.  Mississippi  Miss. 

i'o  wa  (the  French  form  of  an  Indian  word,  signifying  "the 
drowsy"  or  "the  sleepy  ones"  ) ;  Kan's<3:s  (Indian,  smoky  water)', 
Ken  tu^k'y  (Indian,  at  the  head  of  a  river);  Loia'^i  §i  an'^  (named 
after  Louis  XIV.  of  France);  Ma^n^  (from  its  ancient  name 
Maenus,  Maenis)\  Ma(=e)r'y  land  (named  after  Henrietisi  Maria, 
queen  of  Charles  I.);  Mas^^<2  chu's^tll;s  (Indian,  about  the  great 
hills,  i.  e.,  the  "  Blue  Hills  "). 

Mark  Michigan,  Minnesota  and  Mississippi  for  pronunciation. 
Michigan  is  from  an  Indian  word  for  a  weir  (a  fence  of  stakes  or 
twigs  set  in  a  stream  for  taking  fish);  Minnesota  is  likewise 
of  Indian  derivation,  meaning  cloudy  water  or  whitish  water; 
Mississippi,  also  from  the  Indian  tongue,  means  great  and  long 
river,  , 


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LESSON  75 

Relating  to  Vessels. 

sloop 

canoe 

submarine 

keel 

cutter 

yacht 

capstan" 

anchor 

schooner 

cruiser 

rudder 

armor 

frigate 

monitor 

ro'wlocks 

torpedo 

galley 

destroyer 

propeller 

davits 

sloop,  a  kind  of  vessel;  eiit'ter,  a  fast-sailing  vessel;  S€l\^6on'er; 
fng'atVj  gal'l^y,  a  vessel  propelled  by  oars;  ea  noV;  ya^l^t;  eru^- 
§er,  an  armed  ship;  mon'i  tor,  an  iron-clad  war  vessel,  having  a 
revolving  turret  (so  called  from  the  name  given  by  Captain 
Ericsson  to  the  first  vessel  of  the  kind);  de  stroy'er,  a  vessel  for 
destroying  torpedo-boats;  siib^ma  rmV»  under  the  sea;  cap'stan, 
a  device  used  in  moving  or  raising  heavy  weights  aboard  ship; 
riid'der,  the  device  by  which  a  vessel  is  steered  when  in  motion; 
roV'lo^ks;  pro  pel'ler,  a  device  for  driving  a  steam  vessel  for- 
ward. 

With  the  aid  of  the  dictionary,  mark  the  remaining  words 
diacritically,  and  find  the  meanings  of  those  with  which  you  are 
not  familiar. 


LESSON  76 

Names  of  Vegetables. 

cucumber        leeks 

mushroom 

squash              kale 

endive 

cantaloupe     peppers 

cress 

parsnip             radish 

celery 

mustard          okra 

caulifloTver 

garlic 

rutabaga 

parsley 

spinach 

salsify 

gar'lie;  ru^ta  ba'ga,  a  kind  of  turnip;  pars'l^y;  spin'ach(=j); 
sal'si  fy,  the  vegetable  oyster;  cu'eiim  her;  squash;  ean'ta  lo^pV, 
pars'nip;  mus'tard;  le^ks,  a  vegetable  of  the  onion  family;  kal^, 
a  sort  of  cabbage;  pep'per;  rad'ish;  o'kra,  a  plant  whose  pods 
are  used  for  soupSj  etc. 


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49 


Place  the  proper  diacritical  markings  upon  the  words  in  the 
final  column,  and  find  the  meaning  of  endive  and  of  any  of  tHe  ' 
other  words  with  whose  meanings  you  are  not  familiar. 


LESSON  77 


'a"  in  Unaccented  Syllables,   ''a;"  *'<a!.' 


senate 

preface 

delicate 

aerial 

ravage 


solace 

adage 

duplicate 

palace 

manage 


final 

infant 

guidance 

valiant 

husband 


raadam 

supplicant 

elephant 

crystal 

usual 


sen'at^,  a  legislative  assembly;  pref'a^^,  an  introduction; 
del'i  eat^,  frail;  a  e'ri  cA^  of  the  air;  rav'ag^,  to  destroy;  sol'ag^, 
comfort;  ad'ag^,  an  old  saying;  du'pli  cat^,  a  copy;  pal'agVj 
man'ag^;  fi'n<3;l,  last;  in'f<a;nt;  gii^id'^aing^,  direction;  val'i(=y)<3;nt, 
brav^;  hu§'b<^nd. 

Mark  the  words  in  the  last  column  for  pronunciation,  and  find 
the  meaning  of  supplicant. 


LESSON  78 

Prefix  "un"  means  "not." 

unknoTvn  unbought        uneaten  unsought 

unfriendly  uncontrolled  unemployed  unvT'ept 

unaccented  undecided       unengaged  unyielding 

unbaptized  undefined        unexcelled  unfading 

unbiased  unsTvept  unforeseen  unsung. 

iin  IsjnoVn';  un  fr'jend'ly;  iin  ac  gent'ed;  un  bap  tiz^d';  iin- 
bi'as^d(=t),  not  biased  or  partial;  iin  bo(=a)ti^l\^t';  iin'^eon  troH^d'; 
un^'de  ^id'ed;  iin^'de  fin^d';  iin  swept';  iin  e^t'^n;  iin^'em  ployed'; 
linden  gag^d';  iin^ex(=k)  5el\^d';  iin^for^  se^n'. 

Place  the  proper  diacritical  markings   upon  the  remaining 
words,  employing  the  dictionary  in  correcting  your  work. 
4 


lute 

bugle 

lyre 

cymbals 

fife 

clarinet 

viol 

piano 

banjo 

melodeon 

50  MAYNE'S   SIGHT   SPELLER 

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LESSON  79 

I 

Names  of  Musical  Instruments. 

violin  accordion 

guitar  cornet 

triangle  mandolin 

trombone  Jew^'s-harp 
harmonica  zither 
lut^,  a  stringed  instrument;  lyr^,  a  kind  of  harp;  fif^;  vi'ol, 
an  instrument  similar  in  form  to  the  violin,  but  larger;  ban'jo; 
bu'gl^,  gym'bal^;  elar'i  net,  a  wind  instrument;  pi  an'6;  me  lo'- 
de  on,  a  kind  of  small  reed  organ;  vi^o  lin';  guitar';  tri'an'^gl^, 
a  triangular  instrument,  open  at  one  angle,  and  sounded  by  being 
struck  by  a  small  metallic  rod;  trom'bon^,  a  powerful  brass 
instrument  of  the  trumpet  kind;  har  mon'i  ea. 

Look  up  the  remaining  words  in  the  dictionary,  marking  them 
for  pronunciation,  and  finding  the  meanings  of  those  which  are 
new  to  you.  Pictures  of  most  of  the  instruments  named  may  be 
found  in  the  dictionary. 


LESSON  80 

Dictation  Review.  \ 

A  torpedo  shot  from  a  submarine  boat  impaired  the  armor  oi\ 

the  cruiser,  \ 

Unforeseen  delay  made  the  valiant  effort  useless.  \ 

He  was  sharer  in  the  welfare  of  an  unknown  friend. 
The  music  of  the  violin  is  beautiful. 

Many  a  famous  adage  contains  ideal  advice  for  owx  guidance,  ] 
Before  we   can  add  fractions ^  we  must  find  their  common 

denominator,  | 

LESSON  81 

Some  Diificult  Small  Words,  J 
again                 breathe            color                  depot 

always               ceiling              court                  dough  J 

among               certain              cro'wd                else  | 

believe               circus                curtain              early  I 

breath               climb                daily                 earnest  t 


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a  ga(=e)'in';  al'wa^?;  a  mong';  be  Hev^,  notice  that  *'  i"  comes 
after  "l,"the  word  "lice"  will  help  you  to  remember  the  order  of 
the  letters;  breath;  bre^thV,  ^e^l'mg,  "  e"  after  "c,"  as  in  "lice;" 
fer't^in:  gir'ciis;  elimlu;  eoror;  eo^rt;  crowd;  cur't^in;  da^ly. 

Mark  the  words  in  the  last  column  for  pronunciation,  correct- 
icg  your  work  by  use  of  the  dictionary. 


LESSON  82 

States  of  the  United  States,  with  Abbreviations. 
Missouri  Mo.  Ne-w  Jersey  N.  J. 

Montana  Mont.  New  York  N.  Y. 

Nebraska  Neb.  North  Carolina    N.  O. 

Nevada  Nev.  North  Dakota      N.  Dak. 

New  Hampshire    N.  H.  Ohio  O. 

South  Carolina  (S.  C.)  and  South  Dakota  (S.  Dak.)  are  omitted 
from  the  above  list. 

Mis^  Q^'ri  (Indian,  muddy)\  Mon  ta'n^  (means  mountain  in 
Spanish);  N^  bras'k<3J  (Indian,  water  valley^  shallow  river)\ 
N^  va'd^  (means  snowy  in  Spanish,  and  was  first  given  to  the 
Sierra  Nevada  Mountains,  in  the  western  part  of  the  State, 
because  of  their  snowy  peaks);  New^(=u)  Hamp'sh/r^  (named 
after  the  county  of  Hampshire  in  England);  New(=u)  Jer'g^y 
(named  in  honor  of  Sir  George  Carteret,  an  inhabitant  of  the 
Isle  oi  Jersey)',  New(=ii)  York  (named  after  the  Duke  of  York). 

Mark  North  Carolina,  North  Dakota  and  Ohio  diacritically. 
Dakota  is  of  Indian  derivation,  meaning  leagued,  allied;  Ohio, 
also  derived  from  the  Indian  tongue,  means  beautiful. 


LESSON  83 

"a," 

"i,"  "y,"   "e,' 

and  "o,"  modified  by  "r." 

ermine 

skirmish 

myrrh 

tankard 

pervert 

myrtle 

bachelor 

reynard 

verge 

virtue 

terror 

orchard 

inrer 

elixir 

junior 

familiar 

lever 

rudder 

orator 

mortar 

er'min^,   a  valuable    fur-bearing  animal;    pervert',  to  lead 


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astray;  verg^,  edge;  in  fer',  to  imply;  lev'er;.  skir'mish,  a  slight 
fight  in  war;  myr'tl^,  a  shrub  with  evergreen  leaves;  vir'tu^; 
e  lix'ir,  a  compound  medicine;  rud'der,  helm  for  steering  a  ves- 
sel; myri^l^,  a  gum  resin;  bach'e  lor,  an  unmarried  man;  ter'ror; 
jun'i(=y)or,  younger;  or'a  tor,  a  public  speaker. 

Look  up  the  words  in  the  last  column  in  the  dictionary,  mark 
them  diacritically,  and  find  the  meanings  of  tankard  2in6.  reynard. 


LESSON  84 

Common  Abbreviations. 


Colonel 

Col. 

Manuscript 

MS. 

Lieutenant 

Lieut. 

Volume 

Vol. 

Commodore 

Com. 

Mountain 

Mt. 

County 

Co. 

Example 

Ex. 

Ans"wer 

Ans. 

Amount 

Amt 

Balance 

Bal. 

Hundred 

Cwt. 

Creditor 

Cr. 

For  example 

e.  g-. 

Debtor 

Dr. 

That  is 

i.  e. 

Cash  on  Delivery- 

COD. 

Year  of  our  Lord 

A.  D. 

Gentlemen 

Messrs. 

All  correct 

O.K. 

Co.  is  the  abbreviation  for  company  also. 

C,  O,  D,  is  the  abbreviation,  also,  for  collect  on  delivery. 

The  plural  of  manuscript  is  MSS. 

€olo(=ur)'n^l;  H^u  ten'^^nt;  com'mo  dor^;  coun'ty;  an's^er; 
man'ii  script;  vol'um^;  moun't^in;  e^  am'pl^;  a  mount';  bal'^^ng^; 
ered'it  or,  one  to  whom  money  is  due;  del^t'or,  one  who  owes  a 
debt;  cash  on  de  liv'er  y;  gen'tl^  m^n. 


LESSON  85 

Possessives. 

Rule  4.  Add  apostrophe  and  "  ^  "  ('s)  to  the  singular  to  form 
the  possessive  singular.  Add  apostrophe  to  the  plural  to  form 
the  possessive  plural,  if  the  plural  ends  in  "5".  If  the  plural 
does  not  end  in  " s^  "  add  apostrophe  and  "5 "  ("s). 


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Possessive  Singular. 
.   a  nation's  credit 
an  urchin's  bruices 
a  -warrior's  wounds 
a  mouse's  cheese 
a  child's  dress 
na'tion;  ur'chin,  a  roguish  boy; 
child;  mig^;  chil'drea. 


Possessive  Plural. 
the  nations'  belief 
the  urchins'  shouts 
the  -warriors'  defeat 
the  mice's  cheese 
the  children's  clothes 
war'ifi(=y)or,  a  soldier;  mous^; 


LESSON  86 

"e,"  as  in 

"event';"  *'i," 

as  in  "ide'a;' 

'  **^,"asin  *'n6 

create 

tribunal 

decency 

license 

society- 

diameter 

penitent 

silence 

serene 

bimonthly 

violence 

present 

anxiety 

diagonal 

patience 

absence 

gaiety 

trisect 

science 

president 

ere  at V J  to  produce;  so  gi'e  ty,  the  persons,  considered  as  a 
whole,  who  live  in  any  region  or  at  any  period;  se  ren^',  calm; 
an  x(=z)i'e  ty,  uneasiness;  gaiety;  tri  bu'n^l,  a  court;  di  am'e- 
ter,  distance  through;  bi  month'ly,  once  in  two  months;  di  ag'o- 
n^l,  running  across  from  corner  to  corner;  tri  sect',  to  cut  into 
three  parts;  de'g^n  9y,  the  state  of  being  becoming;  pen'i  t^nt, 
feeling  sorry  on  account  of  wrong-doing,  vi'6  l^n?^,  fierceness; 
pa'ti^ng^,  a  calmly  waiting  for  something  hoped  for;  s^i'^^n^^, 
classified  knowledge. 

Look  up  the  words  in  the  fourth  column,  marking  them  for 
pronunciation,  and  also  look  up  any  with  the  meaning  of  which 
you  may  not  be  familiar. 


LESSON  87 

At  the  Dressmaker's. 

gored 

bias 

needles 

go-wn 

basque 

stitching 

braid 

felling 

sleeve 

seams 

buckra,m 

cambric 

ruffies 

flounce 

sateen 

percale 

shirring 

lining 

insertion 

Silesia 

gor^d,  cut  in  a  triangular  form;  basqia(=k)^,  a  part  of  a  worn- 


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an's  dress,  resembling  a  jacket  with  a  short  skirt;  sle^v^,  riif  fl^§; 
shlri^'ing;  bl'^s,  cut  slanting;  sti^ch'ing;  se^m§;  floung^;  lin'ing; 
neVdl^g;  bra'jd;  bu^k'r^m;  sateen';  in  ser'tion,  a  narrow  strip 
of  embroidered  lace. 

Mark  the  remaining  words  diacritically,  using  the  dictionary 
to  correct  your  work,  and  find  the  meanings  of  such  words  as 
are  new  to  you.  Cambric  received  its  name  from  Cambray^  in 
Flanders,  where  it  was  first  made.  Silesia  was  originally  made 
in  Silesia^  Germany;  hence  the  name. 


LESSON  88 

City  Government. 


mayor 

police 

councilraen 

coroner 

justice 


marshal 

engineer 

culvert 

cement 

attorney 


tiling 

armory 

library 

hosecart 

ladders 


hydrant 

alarm 

treasurer 

assessor 

alderman 


ma^'or,  the  chief  officer  of  a  city;  p6  li^V;  eoun'gil  m<?n; 
cor'o  ner,  an  officer  who  inquires  into  the  cause  of  sudden  or 
violent  deaths;  jiis'tig^,  an  offtcer  who  tries  and  decides  cases; 
mar'sh<2l,  a  police  officer;  en'gi  ne^r;  cul'vert,  a  small  bridge  of 
masonry;  ^e  ment';  at  tor(=ur)'n^y,  a  lawyer;  til'mg;  ar'mo  ry, 
a  place  where  arms  are  kept;  li'bra  ry;  hog^eart;  lad'der§. 

Look  up  the  words  in  the  final  column  in  the  dictionary, 
mark  them  for  pronunciation,  and  find  the  meanings  of  those 
with  which  you  are  not  familiar. 


LESSON  89 


"o,"  as  in  "ooze;"  "do;"  "  6,"  as  in  "  other; "  "o,"  as  in  "wolf." 


tomb 

removal 

-wounded 

group 

tourist 


sovereign  bosom 

government  -worsted 

shoving  vrolverine 

cannon  -wolfish 

welcome  womanly 


income 

canon 

common 

improve 

tournament 


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tomls^;  re  mov'<^l;  woi^nd'ed;  gro^p;  to^r'ist,  a  traveller;  sov'- 
er  ^%n,  chief;  gov'ern  m^nt;  shov'ing;  ean'non;  wereom^; 
bo§'6m,  the  breast;  woi^st'ed;  woKverin^';  wolfish;  wgm'anly. 

Place  the  proper  diacritical  marks  upon  the  words  in  the  last 
column,  and  find  the  meanings  of  canon,  wolverine  and 
tournament. 


LESSON  90 

Dictation  Exercise. 

The  girl's  percale  gown  was  made  with  ruffles  on  the  sleeves 
and  with  a  gored  skirt. 

The  absence  of  the  president  made  the  meeting  of  the  tribunal 
impossible. 

The  mayor  and  councilmen  decided  to  build  a  cement  culvert. 

The  hurried  drive  to  the  depot  to  catch  an  early  train  made 
the  horse  breathe  heavily. 

The  roof  of  the  library  is  of  tiling. 

Her  virtue  made  her  always  welcome. 


LESSON  91 

"6,"  as  in  "lord,"  "fork." 
cord  forfeit  horseshoe        porpoise 

corduroy  formal  horticulture     tornado 

corporal  forward  normal  torpedo 

corpse  gorge  northern  chord 

border  gormand  Norwegian      torrid 

cord;  cor'  du  roy,  a  sort  of  cotton  velveteen  with  a  ridged  sur- 
face; eor'po  va\  a  military  officer;  corps^;  bor'der;  for'f^it,  to 
lose  by  some  error  or  fault;  form'al,  according  to  regular  form; 
for 'ward;  gorg^,  a  filling  of  a  channel  by  an  obstruction;  gor'- 
m^nd,  one  who  eats  greedily;  hors^sho^;  hor'ti  ciiKtur^,  the 
cultivation  of  a  garden  or  orchard;  nor'm^l,  regular,  natural; 
north'ern;  Nor  we'gi  an. 

Look  up  the  words  in  the  final  column  in  the  dictionary, 
mark  them  diacritically,  and  find  the  meanings  of  any  with 
which  you  are  not  familiar. 


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LESSON  92 

Prefix  "dis"  means  "not." 
disagree  dishonest        disown  disadvantag-e 

disallow  disconnect      displease  discourteous 

disappear         dishonor  disquiet  dissatisfied 

disapprove      disinherit        dissimilar        discontinue 
disarrange       disobey  disunite  discourag-e 

dis^agreV;  dishallow';  dis'^ap  pe^r';  dis^ap  prpv^';  dis'^ar- 
rangV;  dis  l^on'est;  dis^eon  neet';  dis  laon'or;  dis^'m  her 'it,  not  to 
leave  an  heir  a  possession  which  would  otherwise,  by  law  or 
custom,  fall  to  him;  dis'^obe;^';  disown';  dis  ple^g^;  disqui'et; 
dis  sim'i  lar;  dis^'u  nit^. 

Mark  the  remaining  words  for  pronunciation,  using  the  dic- 
tionary to  find  whether  they  are  correct. 


LESSON  93 


States  and  Territories,  with  Abbreviations. 


'Wyoming         "Wyo. 
Alaska  Alas. 

Arizona  Ariz. 

District  of  Columbia 
Hawaii  Haw. 

Wy  o'ming;    A  las'k^ 


Indian  Territory       I.  T. 
New  Mexico  N.  Mex. 

Oklahoma  Okla. 

D.  O.    Porto  Rico  P.  R. 

Philippine  Islands  P.  I. 
Ar  i  zo'na  (  sand  hills  ) ;    Dis'trict  61 


(=v)  €6  liim'bi  a  (from  Columbus);  Ha  w^i'i;  In'di  an  Ter'ri- 
to  ry;  New(=u)  Mex'ico  (Mexico — the  Aztec  word  meaning  the 
place  of  Mexitli,  the  Aztec  god  of  war);  Ok^'la  ho'm<3:;  Por'to 
Ri'eo;  Phil'ip  ^in^  i^'land§  (named  after  PhiHp  II.  of  Spain). 


LESSON  94 


Long  '*  6,"  as  in  "6  bey'; "  long  "  u,"  as  in  "  u  nite' ' 
(in  unaccented  syllables). 


tobacco 

tornado 

actual 

accurate 

sorrow 

kerosene 

popular 

humane 

propose 

fresco 

annual 

ridiculous 

balcony 

economy 

globular 

usurp 

bravado 

tallow 

usual 

utensil 

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to  bae'eo;  sor'ro^;  pro  po§Vj  bal'eo  ny;  bra  va'do,  boastful- 
ness;  tor  na'do;  ker'6  sen^^;  fres'eo,  a  painting  on  plaster;  e  eon'- 
6  my,  disposition  to  save;  tal'loV*  the  fat  of  animals  of  the 
sheep  and  ox  kinds;  ae'tu  a\,  real;  pop'ular,  pleasing  to  people 
in  general;  an'i^u  a\,  yearly;  glob'u  lar,  globe-shaped;  u'§(+h)ual, 
habitual,  common. 

Mark  the  remaining  words  for  pronunciation,  consulting  the 
dictionary,  and  find  the  meanings  of  those  with  which  you  are 
not  acquainted. 


LESSON  95 

Rule  of  Spelling. 

I^tf/e  J.  Monosyllables  and  other  words  accented  on  the  last 
syllable,  which  end  in  a  single  consonant  preceded  by  a  single 
vowel,  double  the  final  consonant  before  a  suffix  beginning  with 
a  vowel. 

admit  admitted         begin  beginning 

occur  occurrence      trod  trodden 

hot  hotter  forbid  forbidden 

plan  planning  quit  quitting 

shun  shunned  "wit  "witty 

Commit  the  rule  thoroughly  and  show  how  it  applies  in  each 
case. 

ad  mit';  6e  cur';  hot;  plan;  shiin;  be  gin';  trod;  for  bid';  quit; 
wit. 


LESSON  96 

Under  the  Rule. 


allotted 

forgotten 

manned 

inferred 

baggage 


hatter 

rotten 

submitted 

tapping 

dropped 


grinning 

fretting 

excellent 

permitted 

expelled 


committing 

plodder 

slamming 

skimming 

omitted 


Tell  from  what  each  word  is  formed,  and  why  the  rule  applies 
in  each  case. 


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al  lot'ted,  granted;  for  got't^n;  maniV^d,  supplied  with  the 
force  needful;  in  feri^^d',  implied;  bag'gag^;  hat'ter;  rot't^n; 
sub  mit'ted;  tap'ping;  dr6pfe^d(=:t);  grm'nmg;  fret'tiug; 
ex(=k)'gel  l^nt;   per  mit'ted;   ex  peH^d'. 

Mark  the  remaining  words  for  pronunciation,  using  the  dic- 
tionary to  correct  your  work. 


LESSON  97 

Not  under  the  Rule. 

answerable  standing"  sailing*  splashed 

fearing  needy  limiting  crouching 

profitable  dauber  designer  recovered 

preference  coveted  clearing  developing 

reference  toiling*  finished  enchanter 

Tell  why  the  rule  does  not  apply  to  the  words  given  in  this 
lesson. 

an'sVer  a  bl^,  responsible;  fe^r'ing;  profit  a  bl^;  prefer  eng^, 
choice;  refer  eng.h^,  that  which  refers  to  something;  stand 'ing; 
ne^d'y;  daiab'er;  eov'et  ed,  much  desired;  toil'ing;  sajl'ing; 
lim'it  ing;  de  §i^n'er,  one  who  plans  something  to  be  done; 
ele^r'ing;  fin'ish^d(=t). 

Look  up  the  words  in  the  final  column,  marking  them  for 
pronunciation,  and  find  the  meanings  of  those  which  are  new  to 
you. 


humbugged 

metallic 

traveling 

barreled 

disheveled 


LESSON  98 

Mixture. 


imperiled 

pinning 

controlled 

scrubbing 

dismissed 


whizzing 

bewitching 

occurrence 

purring 

cribbed 


accustomed 

benefited 

stopped 

supper 

inference 


Humbugged  has  the  final  consonant  doubled  although  the  ac 


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59 


cent  is  not  upon  the  last  syllable.  The  same  is  true  of  metallic 
and  periwigged. 

In  each  case,  give  the  reason  why  the  consonant  is  doubled 
or  why  it  is  not  doubled. 

hiim'bug^^d^,  deceived,  imposed  upon;  me  tal'lie;  trav'el  ing; 
bar'rel^d;  di  shev'^l^d,  loose  or  disordered;  im  per'il^d,  endan- 
gered; pin'ning;  eon  troH^d';  scrub'bing;  dis  mis^^d(=t)';  ae  eus'- 
tom^d,  familiar;  ben'e  fit  ed;  st6pi?^d(=t);  siip'per;  in'fer  ^n^e. 

Look  up  the  words  in  column  three,  marking  them  diacriti- 
cally,  and  find  the  definitions  of  those  with  which  you  are  not 
acquainted. 


LESSON  99 

*'oo,"  as  in  "food; 

"   "do,"  as  in  ' 

'book." 

whoop 

booby 

cookery- 

footstool 

scoop 

booming 

cooper 

understood 

hoot 

boorish 

footing 

barefoot 

brood 

hoop 

looker 

shook 

swoop 

foolscap 

wooden 

mistook 

"Q" 

and   *'u"  are  equival 

lents  of  "  oo;' 

'  "u"  and  "o"  j 

equivalents  of  "do." 

whoop;  scoop;  hoot;  brood;  swoop;  boob'y,  stupid;  boom'mg; 
boor'ish;  hoop;  foolg'cap;  cdbk'er  y;  coop'er;  foot 'ing;  Idbk'er; 
wdbd'^n. 

Mark  the  remaining  words  for  pronunciation,  using  the  dic- 
tionary, and  find  the  meanings  of  those  which  are  new  to  you. 


LESSON  100 

Dictation  Review. 

The  man  /;^/^rr^^  that  his  baggage  had  h^^n  forgotten. 

The  hawk,  with  a  swoop  down  upon  the  broody  caught  a  little 
chick. 

The  plan  submitted  for  developing  horticulture  was  excellent. 

A  tornado  imperiled  a  Norwegian  lumber  camp  in  the  north- 
ern woods. 


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The  annual  picnic  was  omitted  because  of  the  occurrence  of 
an  zmusual  TLMiabev  of  accidents. 


LESSON  101 

Hard  and  Soft  Sounds  of  "  c  "  and  **  g." 

Rule  6. — "?"  (s)and  "g"  (j)  are  soft  before  "e,"  "i,"  and  "y," 
and  are  hard,  "e  "  (k)  and  "  g  "  (as  m  "get "  ),  in  all  other  cases. 

direct  ocean  cleanly 

introduce  glazier  circular 

certain  g-enius  music 

comfort  gape  gurgle 

package  guide  deuce 


engine 

roguish 

truce 

candle 

censor 


The  above  rule  is  a  v6ry  important  one,  both  in  the  spelling 
and  in  the  pronunciation  of  words.  The  rule  with  reference  to 
c  has  very  few  exceptions,  but  there  are  many  exceptions  to  the 
rule  for  g^  as  give^  gif^h  g^t^  druggist^  etc. 

o'9(+h)^<3!n;  gla'zi(=h)er,  one  who  sets  glass;  gen'i(=y)us  ; 
talent;  gap^;  gi^id^?  ele^n'ly,  gir'cu  lar;  mu'gic;  gur'gl^,  a  broken,  ; 
bubbling  noise;  d^ug^;  en'gin^;  rogi^'ish;  trug^,  short  quiet;  ^ 
jan'dl^;  gen'sor,  a  critic. 


LESSON   102 

Early  History  of  the  United  States. 


homespun  queue  moccasin 

spindle  pillory  sachem 

tinder  harpsichord  wampum 

snuffers  vessels  tepee 

settle  papoose  tomahawk 


wigwam 

squaw 

trader 

colonies 

treacherous 


hSm^spun,  made  at  home;  spin'dl^;  tin'der,  something  used 
for  kindling  lire  from  a  spark;  snuf^'er§,  an  instrument  for  cutting  • 
off  and  holding  the  part  of  a  candle  wick  charred  by  the  flame; 
set'tl^,  q(=k)u^i^^;  pil'lo  ry,  a  device  used  in  punishing  offenders; 
harp'si  el^ord,  a  stringed  musical  instrument;  ves'sel§;  pa  poos^', 


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an   Indian  baby;   wig'wam,   an    Indian  hut;   squa^,    a  female 
Indian;  trad'er;  eSro  ni^§;  tre^ch'er  ^us,  false,  unfaithful. 

Mark  the  words  in  the  third  column  for  pronunciation,  and 
find  definitions  for  those  with  which  you  are  not  acquainted. 


LESSON 

103 

Synonyms. 

irritate 

provoke 

peevish 

fretful 

flaw 

blemish 

roily 

turbid 

allure 

decoy 

quest 

pursuit 

surly- 

morose 

g-rateful 

thankful 

quiver 

tremble 

marvel 

wonder 

ir'ri  tat^; 

;  pro  vok^';  fl< 

iV;  blem'ish;  al  lurV 

;  de  coy',;  su 

mo  rosV;  quiv'er;  trem'bl^;  pe^v'ish;  fret'ful;  roil'y;  tur'bid. 

Mark  the  remaining  pairs  of  words  for  pronunciation,  using 
the  dictionary  to  find  whether  your  work  is  correct. 


LESSON   104 

'eh"  (k);  "9h"  (sh);  "ch,"  as  in  "hatch." 


chorus 

chemist 

match 

chivalry 

echo 

chasm 

etching" 

chagrin 

epoch 

cholera 

machine 

mustache 

character 

christen 

choose 

cherish 

architect 

Christian 

beech 

cheer 

el^o'rus;  eeh'o;  ep'ocl^,  #a  period  of  time;  char'ae  ter;  ar'cl^i- 
teet,  a  person  skilled  in  the  art  of  building;  el^em'ist;  €l^a§m,  a 
deep  opening,  as  in  the  earth  or  in  a  rock;  d^ol'er  a,  a  disease; 
Claris "t;^n,  to  give  a  name;  €l^ris'ti(=ch)<3;n;  ma1i;ch;  e^ch'ing, 
engraving  by  means  of  acids  which  eat  away  lines  in  metal,  etc.; 
ma  fhin^';  choogV?  be^ch. 

Look  up  the  remaining  words  in  the  dictionary,  marking  them 


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for  pronunciation,  and  finding  the  definitions  of  any  which  are 
new  to  you.  ^ 


LESSON  105 

's;""§"  (z);  "x"(ks);"s"(gz);"x"(k). 


morsel 

position 

exit 

exist 

message 

dismal 

extrenie 

exhaust 

cuffs 

grisly 

excel 

exhibit 

sense 

eggs 

execute 

exert 

practice 

pansy- 

exude 

exceed 

"X"  at  the  beginning  of  a  word  has  the  sound  of  "z,"  asi 
Xebec,  Xenophon,  etc.  < 

mor'sel,  a  Httle  bit  of  food;  mes'sagV,  euf^s;  sens^;  prae'tic^; , 
p6  gi'tion;  dis'm<3;l,  dreary;  gri§'ly,  frightful;  eg^§;  pan'§y;  ex'it;i 
ex  trem^';  ex(=k)  gel',  to  outdo;  ex'eeiit^,  to  accomplish;  exud^.  j 

Look  up  the  words  in  the  final  column  in  the  dictionary, ; 
marking  them  for  pronunciation  and  looking  up  the  meanings  of  i 
those  with  which  you  are  not  familiar.  j 


LESSON   106 

Suffixes  *'er"  and  "  or  "="  one  who." 

gainer  lecturer  instructor  assessor 

preacher  bookseller  oppressor  operator 

purchaser  debater  creator  arbitrator 

composer  adviser  depositor  dictator  ; 

producer  loser  supervisor  debtor 

ga^n'er;  pre^ch'er;  pur'chas  er;  com  po§'er;  pro  dug'er;  lee'-j 
tur  er;  bobk'seH'^er;  de  bat'er;  ad  vi§'er;  log'er;  in  struct 'or;  i 
op  pres^'or;  ere  a'tor;  de  p6§'i  tor;  supper  vi§'or,  one  who  directs^ 
or  oversees.  ' 

Find  the  meanings  of  the  words  in  the  fourth  column  with  J 
which  you  are  not  acquainted,  and  place  the  proper  diacritical  J 
markings  upon  all  the  words,  ! 


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LESSON  107 


6?- 


< 

'ph 

"='*f;"  "qu' 

'="kw;"  "n"="ng." 

phantom 

queen 

quarry- 

ang-er 

phial 

conquest 

quartz 

banquet 

phaeton 

quack 

queer 

language 

phase 

qualify 

conch 

distinct 

phleg-m 

quaint 

anchor 

uncle 

phan'tom;  phi'^^l,  a  small  bottle;  pha'e  ton,  a  carriage; 
pha§^,  an  appearance  of  an  object  to  the  mind;  phlegm;  que^n; 
con 'quest,  victory;  qua^k,  to  utter  a  sound  like  the  cry  of  a  duck; 
qual'i  fy,  to  prepare;  quaint,  odd;  quar'ry;  quartz(=s);  que^r; 
concl^,  a  shell;  an'cl^or. 

Find  the  meanings  of  the  words  in  the  last  column  in  the  dic- 
tionary and  mark  each  word  for  pronunciation. 


LESSON  108 

Largest  Cities  of  the  United  States. 


New  York  City 

Chicago 

Philadelphia 

Saint  Louis 

Boston 

Baltimore 

Cleveland 


Buffalo 

San  Francisco 

Cincinnati 

Pittsburg 

New  Orleans 

Detroit 

Milwaukee 


Washington 

Newark 

Jersey  City 

Louisville 

Minneapolis 

Providence 


New(=u)  York'  ^it'y;  f  hi  ea'go;  FhiVa  del'phi  a  (from  a 
Greek  word  meaning  "city  of  brotherly  love");  Sa^nt  Loi^'is; 
Bos't^n;  Bal'ti  mor^  (named  after  Lord  Baltimore);  £lev^'\and; 
Buf'fa  lo;  San  Fran  ^is'co  (the  Spanish  for  St.  Francis);  Qin^- 
fin  ua'ti  (Roman  plural  of  Cincinnatus.  the  patriot);  Pitli;s'burg 
(named  after  William  Pitt);  New(=u)  Or'le  ^n§  (from  Orleans, 
France);  De  troit';  Mil  wa^'ke^;  Wash'ing  ton. 

Place  the  proper  diacritical  markings  upon  the  words  in  the 
last  column. 


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LESSON  109 

Presidents  of  the  United  States. 


Washing'ton  Harrison 

Adams  Tyler 

Jefferson  Polk 

Monroe  Taylor 

Van  Buren  Fillmore 


Pierce  Garfield 

Buchanan  Arthur 

Lincoln  Cleveland 

Johnson  McKinley 

Hayes  Roosevelt 

The  names  of  Madison,  Jackson,  and  Grant  are  omitted  from  the 
Ust  given  in  this  lesson,  as  they  are  not  likely  to  be  misspelled.  The 
names  H  arrison  and  Adams  should  appear  a  second  time.  Where  ? 

Wash'ing  ton;  Ad'^m§;  Jefferson;  M6n  ro^;  Van  Bu'r^n; 
Har'i^i  son;  Ty'kr;  Po\k;  Taj('lor;  FiU'mor^;  P^erfV?  Biiel^  an'<^n; 
LiIJe'6^n;  John'son;  Ha;^^§. 

Mark  the  names  in  the  fourth  column  for  pronunciation. 


LESSON   110 

Dictation  Review. 

The  echo  came  across  the  chasm. 
The  glad  message  brought  cheer  and  comfort. 
The  treacherous  sachem  killed  the  settler  with  a  tomahawk. 
The  lecturer  used  simple  language. 
My  uncle  owns  a  quaint  phaeton. 

Who  would  not  choose  to  have  a  beautiful  character  rather 
than  be  peevish  or  surly? 

One  hears  a  queer  sound  when  he  holds  a  conch   to  his  ear.  i 


LESSON   111 

In  the  Millinery  Store. 

ribbon 

ornament         shirred 

ruffle 

fashions 

buckles             chiffon 

ruche 

pattern 

trimming"         leghorn 

velveteen 

bonnet 

feathers            embroidery 

tucked 

wreaths 

plumes             plaited 

nobby 

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rib'b6n;  fash'Jons;  pat'tern;  bon'net;  Vre^tiT§;  or'na  m^nt; 
bu€'kl^§;  trim'ming;  fe^th'ers;  plum^§;  shirif^d;  ^hif  fon';  leg'- 
horn,  a  straw  plaiting;  em  broid'er  y;  pla^t'ed. 

Look  up  the  remaining  words  in  the  dictionary,  marking  them 
diacritically,  and  find  the  meanings  of  those  with  which  you  are 
not  acquainted. 

LESSON  112 

Heard  on  the  Playground. 
pitcher  goals  commy  taw 

catcher  umpire  alley  fudge 

fielder  referee  agate  carnelian 

innings  coach  chinas  knuckle 

foul  linesman         evers  shooter 

pi^ch'er;  cal^ch'er;  fljeld'er;  in'nings;  foul;  go^g;  iim'pir^,  the 
one  who  sees  that  the  rules  of  a  game  are  observed;  ref  ^er  e^\ 
the  one  to  whom  disputes  in  games  are  referred;  €o^ch;  lin^§'- 
man;  eom'my;  al'l^y;  ag'at^;  chi'na§;  ev'er§. 

Place  the  proper  diacritical  markings  upon  the  words  in  the 
final  column. 

LESSON   113 

Breeds  of  Animals. 


Poultry 
Plymouth  Rock 
"Wyandotte 
Leghorn 
Houdan 
Cochins 

Cattle 
Guernsey         . 
Ayrshire 
Holstein-Presian 
Hereford 
Galloway 
Plym'^uth    Ro^k;    Wy'^n  dotH;^; 


Swine 
Berkshire 
Poland  China 
Chester  White 
Tamworth 
Yorkshire 

Sheep 
Shropshire 
Merino 
Cheviot 
South-Do-wn 
Oxford -Down 
Leg'horn;    Hou'(=oo)d<a;n; 


€o'chin§;    Berk'shir^;    Po'l^ind  Chi'na;    Ches't^r  Whit^,    Tam'- 
w^rth;  York'shir^,  G^ern'§^y;  Aj^r'shlr^;  Korst^m-Fre'si(=h)£3;n; 
HerV  f<?rd;  Gal'lo  wajf. 
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Place  the  proper  diacritical  markings  upon  the  words  in  the 
final  column. 


LESSON    114 

In  Mexico  and  Central  America 

pulque 

maguey 

cordage 

Yucatan 

sisal 

banana 

vanilla 

Nicaragua 

hammock 

cochineal 

mahogany 

Colon 

hovel 

malaria 

Vera  Oruz 

Oosta  Rica 

half-breed 

tortilla 

Panama 

Chihuahua 

purqu(=k)e(=a),  an  intoxicating  Mexican  drink;  si  sal',  a  : 
Yucatan  fiber  used  for  cordage;  ham'mo^k;  hov'el,  a  hut;  ha\f' ■  = 
bre^d;  mag'uey(=wa),  the  century  plant;  ba  na'na;  eoch'i  ne^l,  ■, 
a  dye;  ma  la'ri  a,  a  disease  with  fever,  ague,  etc.;  tor  tiri(+y)a;  \ 
eord'ag^;  va  nil'la;  ma  hog' a  ny;  Ve'ra  €ruz(=s);  Pan  a  ma'. 

Look  up  the  remaining  words  in  the  dictionary,  marking  them  \ 
diacritically.  I 

LESSON  115  \ 

Small  Words  often  Misspelled.  '\ 

any  recess  toward  \ 

been  spare  until  ^ 

once  squirrel  sign  ^ 

"Whose  surprise  chose  I 

ready  thought  choose  \ 

ful  fnV;  ful'ly;  wobl'en;  al  tho^fel^';  Vhol'ly;  a(=e)'ny ;  be(=i)^n;  \ 

won?^;    ^ho§^;    re^d'y;    re  fes^;    sp^r^;     squir'rel;    sur  pri§V;i 

thQ(=a)i^kl^t.  ^   ^      \ 

Place  the  proper  diacritical  markings  upon  the  remaining^ 

words,  and  find  the  meanings  of  chose  and  choose,  noting  care-  ] 

fully  the  distinction  between  them. 


fulfill 

fully 

woolen 

although 

wholly 


LESSON  116 

Trees. 

locust 

spruce 

catalpa 

fir 

linden 

hemlock 

cypress 

alder 

poplar 

larch 

palmetto 

maple 

hickory 

sycamore 

banyan 

ebony 

cedar 

holly 

willow 

chestnut 

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lo'eiist;  lin'd^n;  pop'lar;  hi^k'6  ry;  fe'dar;  sprug^;  hem'lo^k; 
larch;  sye'a  mor^;  hol'ly;  ea  tal'pa;  fy'pres^;  pal  met'to;  ban'- 
yan;  wii'loV' 

Mark  the  remaining  words  for  pronunciation,  using  the  dic- 
tionary to  find  whether  your  work  is  correct. 


LESSON  117 

Animals  in  North  America. 


moose 

badger 

chipmunk 

"woodchuck 

bison 


cougar 

coyote 

raccoon 

panther 

caribou 


prairie  dog" 

opossum 

eskimo  dog 

guinea  fowl 

curlew 
moos^;   ba^g'er;    chip'miink;    wobd'chu^k; 
e^y'6  te;  rac  coon';  pan'ther;  ear'i  boisj;  pra^'ri^  dog;  6  pos'sum 
es'ki  mo  dog;  gi^in'e^  fowl;  €ur'l^w(=u.) 

Place  the  proper  diacritical  markings  upon  the  remaining 
words,  using  the  dictionary. 


buzzard 

tortoise 

ermine 

sable 

otter 

bi'son;    coi^'gar; 


LESSON  118 

In  Canada, 
sledges  Canuck  Manitoba  Ottawa 

reindeer  Canadian        Mackenzie  Quebec 

parliament       Eskimos  Saskatchew^an  Montreal 

provinces  Keewatin        Assiniboia  Halifax 

dominion  Klondike         Yukon  "Winnipeg 

sle^g'e§;  re^n'de^r;  par'li^  m^nt,  the  governmental  council; 
prov'ing  e§;  do  min'i(=y)6n;  Ca  nii^k',  a  Canadian;  €a  na'di  an; 
Es'ki  m6§;  Ke^  wa'tin,  a  district  attached  to  Manitoba;  Klon'dike; 
Man  i  to  ba';  Mae  ken'zi^;  Sas  kal^ch'e  wan^;  As  sin  i  hoi' a; 
Yu'kon. 

Place  the  proper  diacritical  markings  upon  the  remaining 
words.  Ottawa  is  from  an  Indian  word,  meaning  traders;  Quebec 
is  an  Algonquin  Indian  term,  meaning  "take  care  of  the  rock;" 


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Montreal  is  the  French  for  Royal  Mountain,  and  was  so  named 
by  the  French  explorer.  Cartier,  in  1534-35;  Winnipeg  is  of  Indian 
derivation,  meaning  inuddy  water. 


LESSON   119 

Cities  in  the  United  States  Difficult  to  Spell. 

Indianapolis  Los  Angeles  Des  Moines  Savannah 
Alleghany  Memphis         Mobile  Sioux  City- 
Worcester  Seattle             Montpelier  Tallahassee 
Syracuse  Chattanooga  Poughkeepsie  Valparaiso 
Paterson  Cheyenne        Raleigh  Oshkosh 

In^di  an  ap'6  lis;  AFle  gl^a'ny  (Indian,  river  of  the  Alligewi)\ 
Woif^^s'ter;  Syr'a  eus^^;  Pat 'er  son;  Los  An'g(=H)el  es  (Span- 
ish, "the  angels,"  "city  of  the  angels");  Mem'phis  ("the  temple 
of  the  Good  God"  );  Se  at'^1^;  Chat^ta  noo'ga;  gh^y^emW;  D^ 
Moin^V;  Mo  bilV  (corrupted  from  Mauvill)',  Mont  pe'li  er 
(French,  "mountain  of  the  young  girls");  Poii;ifeI^  ke(=i)^p'sT^ 
(Indian,  shallow  inlet^  safe  harbor  for  small  boats))  Ra'l^'j^I^ 
(named  in  honor  of  Sir  Walter  Raleigh,  who  planted  a  colony  on 
the  Roanoke  about  1585). 

Place  the  proper  diacritical  markings  upon  the  remaining 
words.  Sioux  City  received  its  name  from  the  Sioux  tribe  of 
Indians;  Tallahassee  is  of  Indian  derivation,  meaning  "old  town." 


LESSON  120 

Dictation  Review. 


The  leghorn  hat  was  ornamented  with  ribbon  and  chiffon,  \ 

The  ermine,  sable,  and  otter  are  found  in  the  far  North.  I 

The  umpire  said  that  the  ball  was  a  foul,  \ 

In  some  of  the  Canadian  provinces,  sledges  are  drawn  by  | 
reindeer,  | 

The  boy  thinks  carnelians  are  better  than  chinas  as  shooters. 
Sisal  comes  from  Yucatan, 
The  bison  is  less  common  than  it  once  was.  J 


SIXTH  GRADE 


LESSON  121 

"Th"  aspirate,  as  in  "thin;"  *'tii"  sonant,  as  in  "the.' 

wrath  oaths  thievery  through 

wreath  tbeory  thigh  thought 

wreaths  therefore  thimble  threaten 

youths  thermometer  though  throttle 

oath  thicket  thorough  thwart 

Vrath;  Vre^th;  Vre^th§;  ;^^uths;  o^th;  o^th§;  the'6  ry;  ther^ 
for^  or  ther^for^;  ther  mom'e  ter;  thi^k'et,  a  collection  of  trees  oi 
shrubs  closely  set;  th'jev'er  y;  thi^l^;  thim'bl^;  tho^^I^;  thor'o^fel^; 
throia^l^;  thou(=a)^l^t;  thre^t'^n;  throt'tl^;  thwart. 

Look  up  the  meanings  of  theory,  throttle^  and  thwart. 

The  words  bath,  cloth,  lath,  mouth,  oath, path,  wreath,  and  moth 
are  aspirate  in  the  singular  and  sonant  in  the  plural.  Noun  forms 
are  aspirate;  verb  forms  are  sonant;  as,  "breath,"  "bre^th^." 


abstract 

collective 

gender 

masculine 

feminine 


V      LESSON   122 

Grammatical  Terms. 

neuter  antecedent 

nominative  apposition 

possessive  cardinal 

objective  ordinal 


positive 
comparative 
superlative 
complement 


declension       descriptive      attribute 


abstract';  col  lec'tTv^;  gen'der;  mas'cu  lin^;  fem'i  nm^. 
n^u'ter;  nom'i  na  tiv^;  p6§  ges^'iv^;  6b  jee'tiv^;  de  clen'sion; 
an'^te  fedVnt;  ap^'po  §i'tion;  car'di  n^l;  or'di  n^l  (one,  two,  three, 


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etc.,  are  the  cardinal  numbers;  first,  second,  third,  etc.,  are  the 
ordinal  numbers);  de  scrip 'tiv^. 

Look  up  the  remaining  words  of  the  lesson  in  the  dictionary, 
marking  them  carefully  for  pronunciation.  In  studying  the  word 
comparative^  notice  that  the  third  syllable  is  a\  observe,  also, 
that  the  second  syllable  of  co77iplement  is  pk,  and  be  careful 
never  to  confuse  this  word  with  compliment. 


LESSON  123 

*e"  as  in  "eight;"   "i"  as  in  "police." 


prey 

whey- 

pique 

magazine 

vein 

feint 

machine 

antique 

unfeigned 

neigh 

intrigue 

fatigue 

eighth 

convey 

suite 

caprice 

veiling 

skein 

unique 

ravine 

"a"  is  an  equivalent  of  "e;"  "e"  is  an  equivalent  of  "i." 
prej(;  ve^n;  un  fe^^n^d',  sincere,  real;  e\^I^t(+t)h;  ve^l'mg,  hid- 
ing from  view;  whe;^;  fe'jnt,  a  pretense;  ne'j^l^;  conve;^';  skeljn 
(note  carefully  the  order  of  the  e  and  i)\  mag^azinV;  an- 
tiq(=k)^^',  old,  out  of  fashion;  fa  figVV;  ^a  prig^,  whim,  fancy; 
ra  vin^. 

Look  up  the  words  in  the  third  column  in  the  dictionary, 
mark  them  diacritically,  and  find  the  meanings  of  any  with 
which  you  are  not  acquainted.  The  pronunciation  of  intrigue 
and  suite  should  be  especially  noted. 


LESSON  124 

Weather. 

temperature    extreme  meridian  severe 

prevailing         isotherm  humid  inclement 

probable  average  altitude  shovrers 

pressure  evaporate        drought  frigid 

equable  variable  forecast  precipitation 


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The  Weather  Bureau  of  the  National  Government  places 
daily  in  the  postoffices  maps  of  the  United  States  with  weather 
forecasts  indicated. 

tem'per  a  tur^;  pre  va^l'ing;  prob'a  bl^;  pres(+h)^'urV,  e'qua- 
bl^,  equal  and  uniform  temperature;  me  rid'i  an;  hu'mid,  damp; 
aFtitud^;  drou^I^t  (do  not  omit  the  final  /);  forecast;  se  ver^; 
in  elemVnt,  severe,  as  applied  to  the  weather;  show'er§;  frig'id; 
pre  fip'^i  ta'tion,  rainfall. 

Mark  the  words  in  the  second  column  for  pronunciation,  and 
then  consult  the  dictionary  to  find  whether  your  work  is  correct; 
also  find  the  meanings  of  any  new  words. 


LESSON  125 

Relating  to  Education. 


tuition 


junior 


instruction  senior 

enrollment  scientific 

freshman  classical 

sophomore  diploma 


professor 

faculty 

discipline 

principal 

academy 


university 

pedagogue 

college 

assistant 

certificate 


jun'i(=y)or;  sen'i(=y)or;  s(?i^en  tif 'Tc;  clas'si  cal;  di  plo'mai 
pro  fes^'or  (there  is  but  one  /  in  this  word;  the  abbreviation  is 
Pro/.);  fae'iilty;  dis'91  plin^,  training— correction;  prm'gi  p^l 
(this  word  should  be  carefully  distinguished  from /r/;/<rir^/^,  both 
in  spelling  and  meaning);  a  ead'emy;  u^ni  ver'si  ty;  ped'ai  gogi^^, 
a  schoolmaster  (literally,  one  who  leads  little  children);  eol'leg^; 
as  sist'<3!nt;  ger  tif 'i  cat^. 

Look  up  the  words  in  the  first  column,  mark  them  dia- 
critically  and  find  the  meanings  of  those  with  which  you  are 
not  familiar.  Give  the  word  sophomore  special  attention,  noting 
that  it  contains  three  syllables;  never  shorten  it,  in  spelling  or 
pronunciation. 


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LESSON  126 

Cities  of  the  United  States  Difficult  to  Spell. 


Roanoke 

Norfolk 

Atlanta 

Mackina-w 

Marquette 


Kalamazoo 

Menomonee 

Marietta 

Maumee 

Peoria 


Moline 

Chautauqua 

Bismarck 

Dubuque 

"Wichita 


Natchez 

Tucson 

Phoenix 

Laramie 

Spokane 


Ro'a  nok^  (Indian — sea-shell ov  wampum)\  N6r'f^\k;  At  lan't^; 
Ma^k'i  naV  (an  abbreviation  of  Michitimackmac)\  Mar- 
q(=k)^etli;V;  K3.Va  ma  zoo'  (Indian — a  term  derived  from  stones 
seen  through  the  water,  which,  by  refraction,  look  like  otters); 
Me  nom'^  ne^;  Ma^ri  et't^;  Ma^  me^;  Pe  o'ri  a;  Na^chVz;  Tuc- 
son'; Ph^e'nix;  Lar'c^  m'je;  Spo^kan^'  (note  particularly  that  the 
a  in  the  last  syllable  is  short). 

Place  the  proper  diacritical  markings  upon  the  words  in  the 
third  column.  Do  not  omit  the  c  in  ^''Bismarck.'''  Chautauqua 
is  a  corruption  of  an  Indian  phrase  meaning  "foggy  place." 


LESSON  127 

Unaccented  Syllables  ending  in  a  Consonant.  j 

Rule. — When  an  unaccented  syllable  ends  in  a  consonant,  its  \ 
vowel,  if  single,  has  its  regular  short  sound,  sometimes  slightly  j 
obscured.  i 

panic  pathos  parcel  arrang^e  \ 

secret  afford  silent  companion       \ 

muffin  admission       inhabit  complete  \ 

zenith  committee      element  conceit  \ 

funnel  disappoint      accept  pugilist  | 

When  the  vowels  e  and  a  are  obscured,  they  are  printed  in  | 
italics.  \ 

The  vowels  in  unaccented  syllables  should  not  be  made  too  1 
prominent    in  speech;  but   the   sound  of  short  u   in  the    last  | 


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syllable  of  such  words  as  szVen^  and  element  should  be  carefully 
avoided. 

pan'ic;  se'eret;  muffin;  ze'nith,  the  point  of  the  heavens 
directly  overhead;  fun'nel;  pa'thos;  afford';  ad  mis'siou;  com- 
mit'te^  (note  that  the  ?n,  t,  and  e  are  doubled);  dis'^ap  point';  par'- 
5^1,  a  package;  si'knt;  in  hab'it;  el'e  m^nt;  ae  fept*. 

Look  up  the  remaining  words  in  the  dictionary,  mark  them 
for  pronunciation,  and  find  the  meanings  of  any  which  are  new 
to  you. 


LESSON  128 

In  South  America. 


silvas 

tapioca 

llama 

niter 

llanos 

condor 

jaguar 

saltpeter 

pampas 

coucan 

tapir 

guano 

cocoa 

peccary 

alligator 

chinchilla 

cocaine 

armadillo 

penguin 

lasso 

sil'vag,  vast  woodland  plains;  Ha'no§,  extensive  plains,  with 
or  without  vegetation;  pam'pa§,  vast  plains  in  the  central  and 
southern  part  of  the  Argentine  Republic;  eo'co^;  co'cain^,  a 
bitter,  white,  crystalline  substance  used  in  medicine  to  relieve 
pain;  Ha'ma,  an  animal  related  to  the  camel;  jag'u(=w)ar  (note 
the  order  of  the  u  and  a  in  the  second  syllable),  a  large  and 
powerful  animal  of  the  cat  family;  ta'pir;  al'liga^tor;  pen'- 
gu(=w)in,  a  bird;  ni'ter  (also  spelled  nitre);  salt-^pe'ter  (or  salt- 
petre), a  chemical  salt — called  either  niter  or  saltpeter;  gu(=w)a'- 
no,  a  fertilizer  found  on  coasts  and  islands  where  seabirds  nest; 
chin  chiria,  a  fur-bearing  animal  a  little  larger  than  the  squirrel; 
las'so,  a  long  rope,  with  a  running  noose,  used  in  catching  cattle. 

Look  up  the  words  in  the  second  column  in  the  dictionary, 
marking  them  carefully  for  pronunciation,  and  find  the  meanings 
of  all  with  which  you  are  not  acquainted. 


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LESSON  129 

Rule  for  '*  a"  in  Unaccented  Syllables. 

Rule. — When  "a"  forms  or  ends  an  unaccented  syllable,  it 
has  the  short  Italian  sound. 

Cuba  aroma  abate  alkali 

America      •     mania  aorta  across 

gala  dialect  area  asthma 

cadet  sofa  cupola  cafe 

larva  botany  lapel  catarrh 

a  followed  by  another  vowel  is  long,  as  a  e'ri  a\, 

a  ro'ma,  pleasant  odor;  ma'ni  a,  insanity;  di'a  leet,  speech 
marked  by  local  peculiarities;  so'fa;  bot'a  ny,  the  science  which 
deals  with  plant  life;  a  bat^,  to  lessen;  a  or'ta,  the  great  artery 
which  carries  the  blood  from  the  heart  to  all  parts  of  the  body 
except  the  lungs;  a're  a;  cii'po  la;  lapel';  al'ka  li,  soda  ash; 
a  cros^';  a§'t;l^'ma,  a  bronchial  disease;  ca'^fe';  ca  tari^h'. 

Mark  the  first  five  words  in  the  lesson  for  pronunciation, 
using  the  dictionary  to  make  necessary  corrections,  and  find  the 
meanings  of  gala,  cadets  and  larva. 


LESSON  130  I 

Dictation  Review.     (Oliver  Wendell  Holmes.) 

"Truth  is  tough.     It  will  not  break,  like  a  bubble y  at  a  touch  ;  \ 

nay,  you  may  kick  it  about  all  day,  like  a  football,  and  it  will  be  \ 

round  and  full  at  evening.''  \ 

"I  find  the  great  thing  in  this  world  is  not  so  much  where  we  \ 

stand,  as  in  what  direction  we  are  moving:  to  reach  the  port  of  ; 

heaven,  we  must  sail  sometimes  with  the  wind  and  sometimes  ' 

against  it,— but  we  must  sail  and  not  drift  nor  lie  at  anchor.''  ; 

"Build  thee  more  stately  mansions,  O  my  soul,  1 

As  the  swift  seasons  roll!  I 

Leave  thy  low-'i/a////<?</ past!  1 

Let  each  new  temple,  nobler  than  the  last,  \ 

Shut  thee  from  heaven  with  a  dome  more  vast,  | 

Till  thou  at  length  art  free,  :    I 

Leaving  thine  outgrown  shell  by  life's  unresting  sea."      | 


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LESSON  131 

Rule  for  "e,"  "o,"  or  "u"  in  Unaccented  Syllables. 

Rule. — "e,"  "o,"  or  "u,"  forming  or  ending   an  unaccented 
syllable,  is  long,  slightly  shortened. 


duet 

theory 

degree 

numerical 

creative 

sobriety 

veneer 

elevate 

memento 

poetic 

supreme 

furrow 

superior 

jocose 

provoke 

plenteous 

,  notoriety 

recline 

heroic 

rebuke 

du  et',  a  composition  for  two  performers,  vocal  or  instrumen- 
tal; ere  a'tiv^,  causing  to  exist;  me  men'to,  that  which  recalls  to 
memory;  su  pe'ri  or,  higher  or  greater  in  excellence;  no'^tori'ety, 
the  quality  of  being  generally  known;  the' 6  ry,  a  doctrine  or 
scheme  of  things;  so  bri'e  ty,  seriousness;  p6  et'ie;  jo  eos^j  merry, 
humorous;  re  elinV;  de  greV;  ve  ne^r',  to  overlay  with  a  thin  layer 
of  a  more  valuable  or  beautiful  material  for  outer  finish; 
su  prem^',  highest,  greatest;  pro  vok^,  to  arouse,  stir  up;  he  ro'ic. 
Place  diacritical  markings  upon  the  remaining  words,  and 
then,  with  the  aid  of  the  dictionary,  correct  your  work;  in  addi- 
tion, find  the  meanings  of  any  of  the  words  with  which  you  are 
not  acquainted. 


LESSON  132 

Countries  and  Cities  of  South  America. 


Guiana 

Bolivia 

Brazil 

Rio  de  Janeiro 

Venezuela 

Paraguay 

Bogota 

La  Paz 

Colombia 

Chile 

Cayenne 

Santiago 

Ecuador 

Argentina 

Caracas 

Valparaiso 

Peru 

Uruguay 

Quito 

Buenos  Ayres 

Gi^i  a'na;  Ven^^  zu(=w)e'l^  (Spanish,  little   Venice^  so  named 


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on  account  of  some  Indian  villages  which  the  first  conquerors 
found  on  Lake  Maracaybo);  €o  lom'bi  a  (observe  that  the  second 
syllable  is  spelled  with  an  o);  Ee  u(=w)a  dor'  (Spanish,  equator, 
so  named  from  its  position  under  the  line);  Peru';  Bo  liv'i  ^ 
(named  after  General  Simon -B^Z/V^r);  Pa  ra  gu(=w)^y';  Chi'- 
le(=a);  Ar^gen  fi'na;  U  ru  gu(=w)  ^y';  Bra  zil'  (from  the  Spanish  . 
or  Portuguese  name  of  the  dye-wood  exported  from  the  country); 
Bo  go  ta';  £^y  eniY^',  £a  ra'cas;  Qu(=k)i'to. 

Place  the  proper  diacritical  markings  upon  the  remaining 
words. 


LESSON  133 

Vowels  in  Unaccented  Syllables  ending  in  silent  *'  e." 

Rule. — In  unaccented  syllables  ending  in  silent  *'e,"  all 
vowels  except  "i"  are  long,  with  the  sound  shortened. 

speculate  picture  hurricane  selvage 

infuse  separate  dotage  illuminate 

morose  brimstone  obsolete  miniature 

premature  animate  ultimate  prelude 

landscape  cyclone  cleavage  populace 

There  are  some  exceptions  to  the  above  rule. 

pie'tur^;  sep'a  rat^;  brim'ston^,  sulphur;  an'i  mat^,  to  enliven; 
fy'clon^;  hur^ri  can^;  do'tag^,  the  childishness  of  old  age;  ob'so- 
let^,  old,  out  of  use;  ul'ti  mat^,  final;  cle^v'ag^,  the  act  of  splitting; 
serva(=e)g^,  the  edge  of  cloth  which  is  woven  so  as  to  prevent 
raveling;  il  lu'mi  nat^,  to  make  light;  min'i  a  tur^  (do  not  omit 
the  a  in  the  second  syllable  when  spelling;  it  may  be  omitted  in 
pronunciation);  prel'ud^,  introduction;  pop'u  lap^,  the  people. 

Look  up  the  first  five  words  in  the  dictionary,  mark  them 
diacritically,  and  find  the  definitions  of  those  with  which  you  are 
not  acquainted.  i 


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LESSON  134 

"i"  in  Unaccented  Syllables. 
Rule.— In  unaccented  syllables,  "i"  is  usually  short. 

cubic  magic  emigrate  immigrate 

direct  rabid         ^       incentive  elastic 

maniac  assassinate    panic  pallid 

pumice  narrative        juvenile  origin 

licorice  vindictive       firkin  audit 

The  terminations  -ise,  -ize,  and  -ite  are  usually  long,  as  in 
realize^  appetite,  and  surmise. 

eu'bie;  di  reef;  ma'ni  ac,  a  madman;  pum'19^,  a  very  light, 
porous,  volcanic,  slaggy,  lava;li€'6  ri?^;  mag'ie;  rab'id,  extremely 
violent;  as  sas'si  nat^  (note  that  both  j's  are  doubled),  to  murder; 
nar'ra  tiv^,  account,  story;  vin  dic'tiv^,  revengeful;  em'i  grat^, 
to  remove  from  one  country  or  state  to  another  for  the  purpose 
of  making  a  home;  m  pen'tiv^,  encouragement;  pan'ic,  a  sudden 
overpowering  fright^a  general  fright  concerning  financial  affairs; 
ju've  nil^,  pertaining  to  children;  fir' kin,  a  small  wooden  vessel 
or  cask. 

Mark  the  remaining  words  for  pronunciation,  using  the  dic- 
tionary to  find  whether  your  work  is  correct,  and  find  the  defini- 
tions of  any  words  which  are  new  to  you. 


creed 

disciple 

psalm 

priest 

martyr 

ere^d, 
^sa^m,  a 
is  put  to 
ciples  of 


LESSON   135 

Words  relating  to  the  Church.    - 

apostle  deacon  vicar 

canon  alms  .     chapel 

angel  covrl  sanctuary 

anthem  sacrament       choir 

altar  ritual  cloister 

the  principles  of  a  faith;  dis  pi'pl^,  a  follower  of  a  faith; 
poetical  composition  of  praise;  priest;  mar'tyr,  one  who 
death  for  his  religion;  a  pos'^l^,  one  of  the  twelve  dis- 
Christ  (never  allow  yourself  to  confuse  this  word  with 


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epistle)\  ean'on,  a  church  law;  an'gel;  an'them,  apart  of  the  i 
Scriptures  set  to  sacred  music;  al' tar,  the  communiontable;  de^'-  : 
€^n,  a  church  officer;  a^m§,  anything  given  to  relieve  the  poor;  \ 
cowl,  a  monk's  hood;  sac'ra  m^nt,  the  Lord's  Supper;  rit'u^l,  a  \ 
form  of  divine  service  inr  a  particular  church.  ! 

Look  up  the  remaining  words  in  the  dictionary,  marking  them  \ 
diacritically,  and  find  the  meanings  of  those  with  which  you  are  i 
not  familiar. 


LESSON  136 

Newspapers  and  Printing. 


subscription  renewal 
editorial  daily- 
circulation  "weekly 
advertisement  issue 
mention  poster 


circular  paging* 

electrotype  compositor 

galley  manuscript 

contributor  linotype 

subscriber  lithograph 


sub  serip'tion;  ed^i  to'ri  a\  an  article  containing  the  views  of  ] 
the  editor;  gir^'cu  la'tion;  ad  ver'ti§^  m^nt;  men'tion;  re  new(=u)'<3;l;  \ 
da^'ly;  we^k'ly;  is(+h)VuV,  post'er,  a  large  bill  to  be  posted  in  | 
public  places;  pa'gmg,  the  marking  or  numbering  of  the  pages  of  \ 
a  book;  com  p6§'i  tor;  man'u  script,  written  copy;  lin'o  typ^;  | 
lith'6  graph,  a  print.  \ 

Look  up  the  words  in  the  third  column  in  the  dictionary,  \ 
mark  them  diacritically,  and  find  the  meanings  of  any  which  are  j 
new  to  you.  \ 


LESSON  137 

Dry  Goods  Store. 

prints  mittens  flannel  challis 

linen  calico  merino  chintz 

hose  handkerchief     alpaca  apron 

veiling  ticking  cashmere  bonnet 

m.uBlin  delaine  cassimere  gingham 


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prints,  cloths  figured  by  stamping;  Im'en,  cloth  made  of  flax; 
ho§^,  stockings;  ve^l'mg,  a  thin  fabric  for  covering  the  face;  mii§'- 
lin,  a  thin  cottpn  cloth;  mit'teng;  eal'i  eo;  han^'ker  chi^f;  ti^k'mg, 
a  strong,  closely  woven  linen  or  cotton  fabric,  of  which  cases  for 
mattresses  for  beds  are  made;  de  la\n^',  a  kind  of  fabric  for 
women's  dresses;  ghal'li^,  a  soft  and  delicate  woolen,  or  woolen 
and  silk;  chintz(=s),  cotton  cloth,  printed  with  flowers  and  other 
designs,  in  a  number  of  different  colors  and  often  glazed;  a'pron; 
bon'net;  gmg'l^am. 


LESSON  138 

Troublesome  Words. 

against 

between 

caught 

horrible 

almost 

burglar 

drow^ned 

neither 

already 

autumn 

failure 

listen 

always 

choose 

field 

leather 

among 

separate 

freeze 

orphan 

a  ga(=e)5nst';  al'most;  al  re^d'y;  al'wa^g;  a  mong';  be  twe^n'; 
bur'glar;  ai^'tiimi^;  choo§V)  sep'a  rat^  (see  a  ratm.  this  word); 
eai^^ht;  drowned  (be  careful  to  pronounce  this  word  as  one  sylla- 
ble); fUl'urVj  fjeld;  fre^z^.  Notice  that  there  is  but  one  /in  the 
following  words:    Almost^  already^  always. 

Place  diacritical  markings  upon  the  remaining  words,  correct- 
ing your  work  with  the  aid  of  the  dictionary. 


LESSON  139 

In  the  Carpenter's  Shop, 

joist  studding  casings  miter  joint 

scantling  lintel  dimension  stuff  rafters 

sheathing         flooring  paneling  mortise 

shingles  lathing        '    gables  tenon 


clapboards       piece  stuff       baluster 


battens 


joist,  a  piece  of  timber  laid  flat,  or  nearly  so,  to  which  the 


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planks  of  the  floor,  or  the  laths  of  the  ceiling,  are  nailed;  scant '- 
ling,  a  piece  of  timber  sawed  of  a  small  size;  she^th'mg,  material 
used  for  covering;  shin'gl^§;  €lap(=b)'b6^rd§,  the  narrow  boards, 
thicker  at  one  edge  than  at  the  other,  used  for  weatherboarding 
the  outside  of  a  house;  stiid'ding,  material  for  joists;  lin'tel,  a 
horizontal  beam  over  an  opening,  carrying  the  weight  imposed 
upon  it  from  above  it  because  of  its  resistance  to  a  crosswise 
break;  fl^or'ing;  lath'ing;  p\eg^  stui\;  ca'singg,  the  framework 
around  doors  or  windows;  di  men'sion  stuf^;  pan'el  mg;  ga'bl^§; 
bal'us  ter. 

Look  up  the  remaining  words  in  the  dictionary,  mark  them 
diacritically,  and  find  the  meanings  of  those  with  which  you  are 
not  familiar. 


LESSON  140 

Dictation  Review.     (John  Greenleaf  Whittier.) 

'*And  prayer  is  made  and  praise  is  given 
By  all  things  near  and  far; 
The  ocean  looketh  up  to  heaven. 
And  mirrors  every  star. 
The  green  earth  sends  her  incense  up 
From  many  a  mountain  shrine; 
From  folded  leaf  and  dewy  cup 
She  pours  her  ^a^r^^wine." 

"Within  our  beds  awhile  we  heard 
The  wind  that  round  the  gables  roared^ 
With  now  and  then  a  ruder  shock, 
Which  made  our  very  bedsteads  rock. 
We  heard  the  loosened  clapboards  tost. 
The  board-nails  snapping  in  the  frost; 
And  on  us,  through  the  unplastered  wall. 
Felt  the  light  sifted  snow-flakes  fall. 
But  sleep  stole  on,  as  sleep  will  do 
When  hearts  are  light  and  life  is  new." 


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LESSON  141 

Words  with  "ie"  and  "ei." 


Rule  6. 

»"i' before 'e,' 
Except  after  'c,' 

Or  when  soundec 

as  'a' 

As  in  '  neighbor ' 

and  'weigh.* " 

believe 

deceit 

niece 

deceive 

piece 

perceive 

receipt 

reprieve 

priest 

lien 

mischief 

heinous 

receive 

ceiling 

friend 

frontier 

frieze 

brief 

grieve 

conceit 

The  word  '* lice''  may  aid  the  pupil  in  remembering  that  *' e " 
comes  first  after  "c,"  and  that  "i"  follows  after  "1"  or  any 
other  letter  than  "  c." 

be  Hev^';  p^eg^,  priest;  re  9e\v^';  tr'jez^,  any  carved  band  in  a 
building;  de  ?e\t';  per  9e\v^';  l^en,  a  claim  in  law;  feU'ing;  br^ef; 
nie^V?  re  9e\iVt';  mis'chi^f;  friend;  gr^ev^.  Use  the  dictionary  in 
finding  the  meanings  of  the  words  in  the  last  column. 


LESSON   142 

Exceptions  to  the  rule  for  "ei"  and  "ie." 


sleight 

mullein 

heirloom 

heir 

species 

forfeit 

seize 

seizure 

neither 

leisure 

height 

weird 

either 

surfeit 

foreign 

seine 

heifer 


sovereign        financier 


counterfeit 


sl^%l^t,  sleight  of  hand;  spe'9(+h)5e§;  neVther;  eVther;  heifer; 
mul'l^in,  a  troublesome  weed;  for'f^it,  to  lose,  or  lose  the  right 
to,  by  some  error,  fault,  offense,  or  crime;  leV§(+h)ur^  (Be  care- 
ful to  give  the  long  sound  to  "e"  in  the  first  syllable,)  unoccupied 
time;  sur'f^it,  to  fill  to  satisfaction  or  to  disgust;  sov'er  ^ifcn; 
l^e^r'loom;  se^z^;  h^i^l^t;  for'^i^n;  finnan  c^er',  one  acquainted 
with  money  matters. 
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Look  up  the  remaining  words,  mark  them  for  pronuncia-  \ 
tion,  and  find  the  meanings  of  those  with  which  you  are  not  | 
famiHar.  ] 


LESSON  143 


misspell 

misapply 

misbehave 

misbelieve 

miscolor 


The  Prefix  mzs  means  wrong, 
miscount       mislead  misguidance 


misdeal 
misfit 
misfortune 
mishap 


misshapen 
misstate 
mistaken 
misrule 


misappropriate 
misdemeanor 
mispronunciation 
misjudg-ment 


mis  spelV;  mfe'^ap  ply';  mis^be  havV;  mis^be  l!ievV;mis  eorSr; 
mis  €ount';  mis  de^l';  mis  fit';  mis  for'tun^,  mis  hap';  mis  le^d'; 
mis  shap'^n;  mis  statV;  mis  tak'^n;  mis  rul^. 

Look  itp  the  words  in  the  final  column,  mark  them  ^dia- 
critically,  and  find  the  meanings  of  those  with  which  you  are  not 
familiar. 


LESSON   144 

Signs  and  Abbreviations. 


@ 

at 

dr. 

debtor 

ace.  or  acct 

account 

doz. 

dozen 

bal. 

balance 

hhd. 

hogshead 

bbl. 

barrel 

lb. 

pound 

cr. 

creditor 

pay't 

payment 

pd. 

paid 

atty. 

attorney 

per 

by 

agt. 

agent 

rec'd 

received 

bis. 

bales 

yd. 

yard 

cts.  or 

ct. 

cents 

ea. 

each 

c.  or  cub. 

cubic 

Business  men  usually  begin  the  abbreviations  for  barrel, 
dozen,  pound,  etc.,  with  small  letters,  though  it  is  not  considered 
an  error  if  such  abbreviations  are  capitalized. 


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LESSON   145 


The  Prefix 

redouble 

remove 

reclaim 

reaction 

readjust 


're     means 


readmit 

reanimate 

reapply 

rebaptize 

rebuild 


back"  or  "again." 

recommend  reenforce 

recommit  regenerate 

recreate  reimburse 

recriminate  recompense 

reelect  represent 

The  dieresis  (as  in  reelect)  is  used  to  indicate  that  both  vowels 
are  sounded. 

re  d^ub'l^;  re  mov^';  reclaim';  re  ae'tion;  re^adjust';  re'^ad- 
mit';  re  an'i  mat^,  to  put  new  life  into;  re^ap  ply';  re^bap  tiz^; 
re  bi^ild';  ree^om  mend';  re^eom  mit';  re'^ere  at^;  re  erim'inat^, 
to  return  one  charge  with  another;  re^'e  leet'. 

Mark  the  words  in  the  fourth  column  for  pronunciation,  and 
find  the  definitions  of  those  with  which  you  are  not  familiar, 
using  the  dictionary. 


LESSON  146 

"q"  followed  by  "u.' 
"  qu  "  usually  has  the  sound  of  "  kw;  "  "  q  "  is  always  followed 


by 

sacque 

acquaint 

quarrel 

aqueduct 

squeeze 


quandary 

quorum 

brusque 

inquire 

mosque 


quaff 

quadrille 

quaking 

qualm 

quarry 


quartet 

quart 

quay 

queen 

quarantine 


sa€(|i^^,  an  outer  garment,  with  sleeves,  worn  by  women; 
ae  quaint  (do  not  omit  the  *'c"in  this  word);  quar'rel;  aq'ue- 
duf-t,  a  channel  for  conveying  water,  especially  one  for  supplying 
large  cities  with  water;  sque^z^;  quan'da  ry  (do  not  omit  the  "a" 
in  the  second  syllable),  a  state  of  difficulty  or  doubt;  quo'rum, 
such  a  number  of  the  officers  or  members  of  any  body  as  is  com- 
petent by  law  or  constitution  to  transact  business;  brusq(=k)^^, 
rough  and  blunt  in  manner;  mquir^';  m6sq(=k)t^^,  a  Moham- 


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medan  church;  quar  tet',  a  set  of  four  persons  who  perform 
a  piece  of  music  in  four  parts;  quar 'to,  having  four  leaves 
to  the  sheet;  q(=k)^a(=e)^,  a  wharf  formed  toward  the  sea; 
que^n;  qua.v''an  tinV.  to  compel  to  remain  in  a  given  place  because 
of  the  presence  of  contagious  disease. 

Look  up  the  words  in  the  third  column  in  the  dictionary, 
mark  them  for  pronunciation,  and  find  the  definitions  of  those 
with  which  you  are  not  familiar. 


LESSON  147  I 

The  Prefix  **dis"  means  "not,"  "lacking."  i 

disarm  discontinue      disinfect  displease  \ 

dishonest        disallo-w  disagree  dissimilar  ] 

dishonor         disconnect        disengage        disobey  I 

disown  disapproval      disfranchise    dishearten         \ 

disunion  discourteous   disinherit         disproportion  i 

The  words  in  the  first  column,  with  disaster,  discern,  dissolve,  i 
disease^  and  dismal,  are  the  only  words  in  which  dis  is  pronounced  I 
diz.  \ 

dis'^con  tin'u^;  dishallow';  dis^eon  nect';  dis^ap  prov'^1;  dis-  \ 
e^ur'te  ^iis;  dis^in  feet';  dis '^a  greV;  dis '^engag^';  dis  fran'chi§^-  \ 
dis^in  her'it;  dis  ple^§V;  dis  sim'i  lar;  dis^o  h^\'\  dis  h^art'^u;  j 
dis^pro  por'tion.  \ 

Look  up  the  words  in  the  first  column,  mark  them  dia-  \ 
critically,  and  find  the  meanings  of  the  words  which  are  new  \ 
to  you.  I 


LESSON  148 

"x"  (unmarked)  =  "ks;"  "x"  has  the  sound  of  ^''gz.'' 

exit  explain  exist  executive 

excel  extra  exhaust  exertion 

excite  exile  exhibit  example 

exquisite  exclude  exact  exonerate 

extreme  excuse  examine  auxiliary 


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ex'it;  ex(=k)  fel';  ex(=k)  yitV;  ex'qui  §it^  (note  the  pronunci- 
ation carefully);  extrem^';  exist';  e^l^aisjst';  exl\^ib'it;  e?  act'; 
e?  am'in^;  ex  ec'u  tiv^;  e?  er'tion;  ex  am'plVj  e?  on'er  at^,  to  clear 
of  something  that  lies  upon  one,  as  an  accusation  or  imputation; 
ai\ix  iri(=y)a  ry  (note  that  there  is  only  one  /,)  aiding,  helping. 

Look  up  the  words  in  th&  second  column,  mark  them  care- 
fully for  pronunciation,  and  find  the  meanings  of  any  which  are 
new  to  you. 


LESSON  149 

Words  relating  to  Arithmetic, 

annexing"  varying*  approximates  shilling 

ciphers  ascending  apothecaries  sovereign 

similar  descending  circular  parallel 

cisterns  rectangle  longitude  diagonal 

linear  breadth  guinea  trapezoid 

an  nex'ing,  adding;  9l'pher§;  sim'i  lar;  pis'tern§;  lin'e  ar; 
va'ry  ing;  as  gend'ing;  de  s^end'mg;  rec'tan^'glV*  breadth;  ap- 
prox'i  mat^s,  comes  near  to  exactness;  a  poth'e  ca  ri^§,  druggists; 
9ir'€u  lar;  lon'gi  tud^;  g^in'e^,  an  English  gold  coin  (not  coined 
since  the  issue  of  sovereigns  in  1817). 

Mark  the  remaining  words  for  pronunciation,  using  the  diction- 
ary to  find  whether  your  work  is  correct. 


LESSON   150 

Dictation  Review.     (James  Russell  Lowell.) 
"Before  man  made  us  citizens,  great  Nature  made  us  men.' 

"  And  what  is  so  rare  as  a  day  in  June; 
Then,  if  ever,  come  perfect  days." 

'•  New  occasions  teach  new  duties  ; 
Time  makes  ancient  good  uncouth  ; 
They  must  upward  still,  and  onward, 
Who  would  keep  abreast  of  Truth." 


MAYNFS   SIGHT   SPELLER 

"No  man  was  born  into  the  world  whose  work 
Is  not  born  with  him.     There  is  always  work 
And  tools  to  work  withal,  for  those  who  will; 
And  blessed 2iVe  the  horny  hands  of  toil! 
The  busy  world  shoves  angrily  aside 
The  man  who  stands  with  arms  akimbo  set, 
Until  occasion  tells  him  what  to  do; 
And  he  who  waits  to  have  his  task  marked  out 
Shall  die  and  leave  his  errand  unfulfilled:' 


LESSON   151 


The  endings 

"er,"  *'or," 

"art,""ard,"* 

'ster,"  "lan,'  "ist" 

mean  '*one 

who 

y 

loafer 

sailor 

druggist 

braggart 

builder 

actor 

dullard 

claimant 

forger 

servant 

musician 

youngster 

reporter 

trickster 

machinist 

pianist 

editor 

librarian 

florist 

laggard 

loafer;  bi^ild'er;  for'ger;  re  port'er,  one  who  reports  the  news! 
for  newspapers;  ed'i  tor;  sa^l'or;  ae'tor;  serv'^nt;  tri^k' ster,  one. 
who  cheats;  libra'ri^n;  driig'gist;  diilVard,  a  stupid  person;, 
mu  §i'ci^n;  ma  ghm'ist;  flo'rist.  ; 

Look  up  the  remaining  words,  mark  them  diacritically,  andi 
find  the  definitions  of  any  which  are  new  to  you.  i 


LESSON   152 


patient 

notion 

caution 

attention 

suspicion 


*'ti"and 

sufficient 

delicious 

condition 

physician 

facial 


*ci"="sh." 

appreciate 

precious 

nutritious 

emotion 

partial 


ancient 

auction 

education 

recitation 

conscious 


siif  fi'ci^nt;  de  li'ci^iis;  eon  di'tion;  phy  gi'ci^n;  fa'ci^l,  per- 


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taining  to  the  face;  ap  pre'ci  at^;  pre'ci^iis;  nu  tri'ti^us,  nourish- 
ing; e  mo'tion,  feeling;  par'ti^l;  an'ci^nt,  very  old;  a^e'tion,  a 
public  sale  of  property  to  the  highest  bidder;  ed^'uea'tion;  reg^i- 
ta'tion;  con'^ci^iis,  aware  of,  having  knowledge  of  one's  own 
thoughts.  * 


LESSON    153 

Words  Often  Mispronounced. 


writing 

kept 

noting 

accept 

seeking 

crept 

seeing 

except 

judging 

correct 

fighting 

object 

pudding 

defect 

helping 

perfect 

saying 

acts 

giving 

direct 

The  omission  of  the  "  g  "  in  pronouncing  the  ending  "  ing,"  in 
such  words  as  are  given  in  the  first  and  third  columns,  and  failing 
to  sound  the  "t"  in  such  words  as  are  found  in  the  second  and 
fourth  columns,  are  not  only  evidences  of  carelessness  but  often 
lead  to  misspelling. 

^rit'ing;  se^k'mg;  ju^g'ing;  pud'dmg;  sa;^'mg;  not'ing;  seeing; 
fi^l^t'ing;  help'ing;  giv'ing;  accept';  exgept';  ob'jeet;  per'fect; 
di  reef.  Notice  that  the  final  "  e  "  is  dropped  when  the  suffix 
ing  is  added  to  write^  judge^  note,  and  give. 


LESSON  154 

•  Words  ending  in  "  tion  "  and  **  sion." 

assertion  dissension      operation  recreation 

excursion         discretion       creation  expulsion 

ambition  adoption  collision  impression 

supplication    oppression      perfection  omission 

extension         confession       occasion  delusion 


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The  ending  Hon  is  always  pronounced  shun.  The  ending 
sion  is  pronounced  zhun  when  it  is  preceded  by  an  accented 
vowel,  and  shun  when  it  is  preceded  by  a  consonant  of  an 
accented  syllable. 

dis  sen'sion,  quarrel;  dis  ere'tion,  carefulness;  a  dop'tion; 
op  pres'sion,  the  act  of  treating  cruelly;  eon  fes'sion,  the  admis- 
sion of  a  debt  or  crime;  op^'er  a'tion;  ere  a'tion,  the  act  of  caus- 
ing to  exist;  col  ir sion  (note  that  there  is  only  one  "s");  per- 
fee'tion;  oe  ea'sion;  ree^re  a'tion,  amusement,  sport;  ex  pul'sion, 
the  act  of  driving  or  forcing  out;  im  pres'sion;  6  mis 'sion  (notice 
that  there  is  only  one  "  m  ");  de  lu'sion,  deception,  a  misleading 
of  the  mind. 


sterilize 

vaporize 

economize 

patronize 

symbolize 


LESSON  155 

Suffix  "  ize  "  means  ''  to  make." 


idolize 

itemize 

realize 

ag'onize 

legalize 


fertilize 

vocalize 

crystallize 

italicize 

neutralize 


generalize 

victimize 

scandalize 

civilize 

apologize 


ster'fl  \z\\  va'por  \z\\  e  eon'o  miz^;  pat'ron  \z\  (be  careful  to 
pronounce  with  the  short  sound  of  "a");  sym'bol  iz^;  fer'ti- 
liz^;  vo'€^l  izV,  erys't^l  liz^  (be  careful  to  double  the  "1"  in 
this  word);  i  tal'i  fiz^;  n^u'tr^l  iz^;  gen'er  a\  lz\\  vie'tim  iz|; 
S€an'd<2l  iz^,  fiv'i  llz^;  a  pol'o  glz^. 

Look  up  the  words  in  the  second  column,  mark  them  carefully 
for  pronunciation,  and  find  the  meanings  of  those  with  which 
you  have  no  acquaintance. 


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LESSON  156 

"i"  with  the  sound  of  *'y  "  in  "yes,"  as  in  "onion." 

opinion  pavilion  genial  onion 

million  convenient      familiar  courtier 

peculiar  geniuB  ^  "warrior  auxiliary 

companion       behavior  dominion  millionaire 

pinion  battalion         trillion  valiant 

This  sound  of  "i"  is  unmarked  and  is  sometimes  called  the 
**  consonant  sound  of  i  "  and  sometimes  called  "  i  sub- vocal." 

pa  virion,  a  large  tent;  con  ven'i^nt;  gen'iiis,  talent;  be  hav'- 
ior;  bat  tal'ion,  a  body  of  troops;  gen'ial,  kindly;  fa  mil'iar;  war'- 
i^ior,  an  experienced  soldier;  do  min'ion;  tril'lion,  a  million  mil- 
lions; on'ion;  co^rt'ier,  one  who  is  in  attendance  at  the  court  of  a 
prince;  a^x  il'ia  ry,  helping,  aiding;  miK\i6n  ^\r^\  a  person  worth 
a  million  dollars  or  more;  val'i^nt,  brave.  Notice  carefully  that 
there  is  but  one  *'  1 "  in  the  following  words:  Pavilion^  battalion^ 
familiar,  auxiliary,  and  valiant, 

Mark  the  words  in  the  first  column  for  pronunciation,  using 
the  dictionary  to  correct  your  work,  and  find  the  meaning  of  the 
word  pinion. 


LESSON  157. 

' 

Double  "1"  and  single  "1. 

,» 

befall 

impel                foretell 

expel 

refill 

install               excel 

extol 

repel 

unwell              recall 

withal 

compel 

dispel                rebel 

till 

befell 

misspell           propel 

until 

befaH';  refiU'j  repel';  compel';  befelV;  impel';  in  stalV; 
iinwelV;  dispel';  misspell';  foretell/;  ex  gel';  re  eaU;  rebel'; 
pro  pel'. 

Place  the  proper  diacritical  markings  on  the  words  in  the 
final  column,  using  the  dictionary,  and  find  the  meanings  of  extol 
and  withal. 


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LESSON  158 


Sounds  of  * 

'*n,"  ''n,"and  "  N. 

»» 

anger 

limekiln 

hymn 

solemn 

conquer 

damn 

uncle 

autumn 

elongate 

en  route 

en  masse 

ankle 

anxious 

annul 

condemn 

wrinkle 

canker 

bon  ton 

column 

banquet 

The  sound  of  "  n"  unmarked  is  its  usual  sound,  as  in  "on,"  \ 
"no,"-'*mne,"  etc.  The  sound  of  "n"="ng."  **N"  (capital)  j 
has  no  sound  of  its  own,  but  indicates  that  the  vowel  preceding  ; 
it  has  its  French  sound.  *'  ENtree  "  is  pronounced  as  if  spelled  ; 
ang'tre.     Note  that  "  n  "  after  **  m  "  at  the  end  of  a  word  is  silent,  j 

an'ger;  €6n'qu(=k)er;  e  lon'gat^,  to  make  longer;  anx(=k)'-  J 
i(=sh)^us;  can'ker;  hymi^;  un'cl^;  e(=a)N  mas^V>  ^^  ^  body;  j 
eondemiii';  eol'iimi^;  sol'em^;  a^' turnip  (note  that  the  names  of  j 
the  seasons  are  not  capitalized);  an'kl^;  Vrin'kl^;  ban'quet.  ' 

Look  up  the  words  in  the  second  column,  mark  them  dia-  ; 
critically  and  find  the  definitions  of  those  with  which  you  are  not  \ 
familiar. 


LESSON  159. 


Architecture. 


temples  veranda 

frieze  veneer 

monastery  lattice 

vault  lavatory 

gallery  arcade 


balustrade 

buttress 

composite 

Corinthian 

Gothic 


Ionic 

cornice 

architrave 

amphitheater 

minaret 


tem'pl^§;  fr'jez^,  any  sculptured  or  richly  ornamented  band  in  j 
a  building;  mon'as  ter  y,  a  convent;  vaialt;  gal'ler  y;  ve  ran'da;  I 
ve  ne^r';  latHig^j  lav'a  to  ry,  a  place  for  washing;  ar  ead^',  a  long^ 
arched  building  or  gallery;  bal'iis  trad^;  but'tres^,  a  projecting  | 
mass  of  masonry  used  for  support  or  for  ornamentation;  com- | 
p6§'it^,  a  combination  of  the  Ionic  order  of  architecture  grafted  \ 


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on  the  Corinthian;  €6  rin'thi  ^n,  an  order  of  architecture 
invented  by  the  Greeks  (illustrations  of  Corinthian  and  Ionic 
columns  will  be  found  in  the  dictionary);  Goth'ie,  a  style  of 
architecture. 


LESSON  160 

Dictation  Review.     (William  Cullen  Bryant.) 

'  'Truth  crushed  to  earth  shall  rise  again  ; 
The  eternal  y^dx^  of  God  are  hers; 
But  Error  wounded  writhes  in  pain 
And  dies  amongYix^  w  or  shippers  T 

"And  look  at  the  broad-faced  sun,  how  he  smiles, 
On  the  dewy  earth  that  smiles  in  his  ray. 
On  the  leapi7ig  waters  and  gay  young  isles — 
Ay,  look,  and  he'll  smile  thy  gloom  away." 

"The  groves  were  God's  first  temples.     Ere  man  learned 
To  hew  the  shaft  and  lay  the  architrave 
And  spread  the  roof  above  them;  ere  he  framed 
The  lofty  vaults  to  gather  and  roll  back 
The  sound  of  anthems^  in  the  darkling  wood, 
Amid  the  cool  and  silence,  he  knelt  down, 
And  offered  to  the  Mightiest  solemn  thanks 
And  supplication. " 


any-whera 

everything 

something 

^wherein 

inasmuch 


LESSON  161 

The  Use  of  the  Hyphen. 


forasmuch 
unforeseen 
sometimes 
oftentimes 
meantime 


wild  goose 

to-day 

to-morrow^ 

to-night 

good-bye 


looking-glass 

rocking-chair 

morning-glory 

forget-me-not 

whip-poor-will 


The  first  eleven  words  are  compound  words,  but  they  do  not 
have  the  hyphen.     Note  that  the  words  wild  goose  are  separate 


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words,  but  that  when  used  adjectively,  as  in  wild-goose  chase ^ 
the  hyphen  is  used. 

a(=e)n'y  wher^;  ev'er  y  thing;  something;  wher^  in';  in^a§- 
much';  for ''as  much';  un^for^  se^n';  s6mVtim^§;  of  l^^n  tim^§^; 
me^n'tlm^^;  wild  goos^j  to-da^';  to-mor'roV;  to-nI^l5^t';  gdbd'^by' 
(a  contraction  of  God  be  with  ye\ 

Place  the  proper  diacritical  markings  upon  the  remaining 
words  of  the  lesson. 


LESSON  162 

At  the  Shoemaker's. 

calfskin  morocco 

buckskin  cordovan 

chamois  counter 

cobbler  dongola 

pegged  cement 

a^l;  sol^;  vamp,  the  upper  of  a  shoe;  he^l;  up'per§;  slip'per§; 

gaVter§;   leg'ging;    riis'sets;  en  am'el^d;  ca^'skin'^;    bii^k'skin^; 

^ham'^i^;  cob' bier;  peg^^d. 

Look  up  the  words  in  the  last  column  in  the  dictionary,  mark 

them  for  pronunciation  and   find    the    meanings    of    morocco^ 

cordovan^  and  dongola. 


awl 

slippers 

sole 

gaiters 

vamp 

legging 

heel 

russets 

uppers 

enameled 

LESSON  163 

Words  Often  Mispronounced. 


oftcin 

progress 

piazza 

launch 

iiearth 

patriot 

preface 

whistle 

juvenile 

direct 

necessary- 

duty 

perfume 

soldier 

entire 

stupid 

pianist 

library- 

idea 

recess 

of'^^n;  hearth;  ju've  nil^;  per'fum^;  pi  an'ist;  prog'res^; 
pa'tri  6t;  di  reef;  sori^i(=j)er;  li'bra  ry;  lai^nch;  whis'^V*  du'ty; 
stu'pid;  re  ges^. 


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I 


Mark  the  words  in  the  third  column  for  pronunciation,  and 
then  consult  the  dictionary  to  find  whether  your  work  has  been 
correctly  done. 


LESSON  164 

Suffix  "ful" 

means  *'full  of.' 

» 

awful 

painful 

eventful 

wakeful 

tuneful 

bountiful 

changeful 

spoonful 

direful 

cheerful 

heedful 

cupful 

rueful 

doubtful 

peaceful 

useful 

skillful 

fitful 

forceful 

dutiful 

Note  that  the  suffix  "ful"  has  but  one  "1."  The  syllable 
"  ly  "  may  be  added  to  many  of  the  words,  which  gives  two  '*  Is," 
as  in  * 'skillfully,"  ''tunefully,"  etc. 

aV'ful;  tuneful;  direful,  full  of  terror;  riiVful;  skiirful; 
e  vent'ful;  changeful;  he^d'ful;  pe^^^'ful;  for^^ful;  wak^'ful; 
spoon'ful;  eup'ful;  useful;  du'ti  ful. 

Look  up  the  words  in  the  second  column,  marking  them  dia  • 
critically. 


LESSON   165 

Detached  Possessions  of  the  United  States,  Their  Cities 
and  Peoples. 


Philippines 

Juneau 

Klondike 

Tutuila 

Guam 

Ska^way 

San  Juan 

Manua 

Hawaii 

Sitka 

Honolulu 

Pago  Pago 

Porto  Rico 

Yukon 

Manila 

Filipinos 

Alaska 

Nome 

Luzon 

Irgottos 

Phil'ip  i?in^§;  Gu(=w)am;  Ha  w^i'i;  Por'to  Ri'co;  A  las'k^; 
Klon'dik^;  San  J(=Ii)u  an';  Ho^no  lu'lu;  Ma  ml'a;  Lu  zon';  Tu- 
tui  (=:wi)la;  Ma  nu'a;  Pa'go  Pa'go;  Fil  i  pin'os;  Ir  got'tos.  Note 
carefully  that  there  is  but  one  "1"  in  Philippines^  but  that  the 


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"  p  "  is  doubled;  while  neither  the  "  I "  nor  the    '  p  "  in  Filipinos 
is  doubled. 

Place  the  proper  diacritical  markings  on  the  words  in  the 
second  column. 


LESSON  166 

Reptiles. 

snake 

terrapin 

salamander 

viper 

lizard 

ne^^t 

chameleon 

cobra 

tadpole 

iguana 

rattlesnake 

boa  constrictor 

turtle 

crocodile 

copperhead 

moccasin 

tortoise 

alligator 

adder 

anaconda 

snak^;  liz'ard;  tad'pol^;  tur'tl^,  tor't^is^;  ter'ra  pin;new(=u)t; 
ig  u(=w)a'na;  croe'o  dilV?  al'li  ga^'tor;  saFa  man'^der;  cl^a  me'- 
le  on;  rat'tl^  snak^;  cop 'per  he^d'';  ad'der.  Pictures  of  the  rep- 
tiles named  in  this  lesson  will  be  found  in  the  dictionary. 

Mark  the  words  in  the  iinal  column  for  pronunciation,  and 
then,  with  the  aid  of  the  dictionary,  correct  your  work. 


LESSON   167 

Gems  and  Precious  Stones. 

emerald  cameo 

diamond  intaglio 

amethyst  carnelian 

sardonyx  tourmaline    " 

chalcedony  carbuncle 

In  olden  times  gems  were  given  meanings  which  are  still 
recognized  by  some  in  making  gifts.  o^'^aX  (pure  thoughts);  rii'by 
(cheerfulness — supposed  to  warn  the  wearer  of  impending  danger 
by  changing  color);  pe^rl  (purity  and  innocence);  to'paz  (fidel- 
ity); gar'net  (fidelity  in  every  engagement);  em'er  ^Id  (success); 
di'a  mond  (pride — concord  between  husband  and  wife);  am'e- 


opal 

onyx 

ruby 

beryl 

pearl 

jasper 

topaz 

turquoise 

garnet 

sapphire 

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thyst  (peace  of  mind);  sar'do  nyx;  el^al  ged'o  ny;  eam'e  o; 
in  ta^r  i(=y)6;  ear  neri(=y)an;  t^ur'ma  lin^;  ear'bun  el^. 

Mark  the  words  in  column  two  diacritically,  consulting  the 
dictionary  to  find  whether  your  work  is  correct.  Onyx  is  said  to 
be  the  symbol  of  reciprocal  love;  turquoise,  success  and  happi- 
ness— preservation  from  contagion;  sapphire,  purity. 

Many  of  the  derivations  of  these  words  are  of  interest.  Opal 
is  from  the  Sanskrit  for  rock^  stone,  precious  stone  ;  ruby  is  from  a 
Latin  word  meaning  reddish  ;  garnet  is  from  the  Latin  word  for 
pomegranate^  so  called  from  its  resemblance  in  color  and  shape 
to  the  seeds  of  the  pomegranate;  onyx,  from  the  Greek  word  for 
claw,  di  finger  nail,  and  hence,  from  its  color,  2i  yellowish  precious 
stone,  a  veined  ge?n ;  beryl,  from  an  Arabian  word  for  crystal ; 
turquoise,  from  the  Latin  for  Turkey,  so  called  because  it  first 
came  from  Turkey;  diamond,  from  a  Greek  word  meaning  the 
hardest  iron  or  steel ;  amethyst,  from  the  Greek  for  without 
drunkenness^  from  its  supposed  potency  as  a  remedy  for  drunk- 
enness; sardonyx,  the  Greek  for  a  Sardinian  veined  gem;  chal- 
cedony, from  Chalcedon,  a  town  in  Asia  Minor;  intaglio,  from  an 
Italian  word  meaning  to  engrave  or  carve ;  carnelian,  from  the 
German  iot fleshy,  so  called  from  its  flesh-red  color;  tourmaline, 
from  a  name  given  to  the  stone  in  Ceylon;  carbuncle,  from  the 
Latin  for  a  little  coal,  a.  bright  kind  of  precious  stone. 


LESSON  168 

Number. 

Singular  or  Plural.  Plural  Only, 

deer  odds  alms  nuptials 

sheep  wages  scissors         victuals 

trout  series  tweezers       assets 

hose  amends  snuffers         ethics 

gross  vermin  bellows         statistics 

de^r;  she^p;  trout;  ho§^;  gros^,  6d4§;  wa'ge§;  se'r'ie§;  a  mend§'; 
ver'mm;  a\m§;  s^i§'§or§;  twe^^erg;  sniif^'erg;  bel'loVs. 

Look  up  the  remaining  words  in  the  dictionary,  mark  them 


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for  pronunciation,  and  find  the  definitions  of  any  with  which  3^ou 
are  not  acquainted. 


LESSON  169 

Difficult  Words. 

conscious  pursuit  busily  picture 

precious  persuade  wholly  succeed 

proceed  separate  shipwrecked  waist 

commence  possession  collar  cease 

resource  delicate  pitcher  incidentally 

€6n's^i(=h)^iis;  pre'9i(=h)^us;  pro  fe^d';  com  menp^';  re- 
so^irg^';  pur  suljt';  per  su(=w)adV;  sep'a  rat^;  p6§  §es'sion  (note 
that  the  "  s  "  is  doubled  in  both  cases);  del'ieat^;  bu(=i)§'i  ly; 
^hol'ly;  ship''Vre^k^d(=t)"';  col'lar;  pi^ch'er. 

Mark  the  remaining  words  diacritically,  using  the  dictionary 
to  correct  your  work,  and  find  the  meaning  of  incidentally. 


LESSON   170 

Dictation  Review.     (Nathaniel  Hawthorne.) 

*'  Happiness  in  this  world,  when  it  comes,  comes  incidentally. 
Make  it  the  object  of  pursuit^  and  it  leads  us  a  wild-goose  chase 
and  is  never  attained ^ 

"  The  whole  value  of  the  recovered  treasure,  plate,  bullion, 
precious  stones,  and  all,  was  estimated  at  more  than  two  millions  o£ 
dollars.  It  was  dangerous  even  to  look  at  such  a  vast  amount  of 
wealth.  A  sea  captain^  who  had  assisted  Phips  in  the  enterprise, 
utterly  lost  his  reason  at  the  sight  of  it.  He  died  two  years  after- 
ward, still  raving  about  the  treasures  at  the  bottom  of  the  sea. 
It  would  have  been  better  for  this  man  if  he  had  left  the  skeletons 
of  the  shipwrecked  Spaniards  in  quiet  possession  of  their 
wealth." 


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LESSON  171 

From  the  Editorial  Page  of  the  Daily  Paper. 

maxim  callous  pursuance  maintain 

aspirations      committee       visionary  impelled 

assassination  undeniable    -  privileges  plausible 

perpetuate       apolog'izing*    monopolies  resigned 

exaggerate       credentials     principles  inaccuracies 

eal'l^iis;  eom  mit'te^  (notice  that  the  *'  m,"  "  t,"  and  '^  e  "  are 
doubled);  iin'^de  ni'a  bl^,  not  to  be  disputed;  a  por©  giz^ing;  ere- 
den'ti^ls,  those  things  which  give  a  title  to  credit  or  confidence; 
pur  su'^nge,  a  following  out  or  after;  vi'si(=zh)6n  a  ry,  fanciful, 
unreal;  priv'i  leg  e§  (notice  the  spelling  very  carefully;  the  second 
syllable  is  *'i");  mo  nop'o  li^§,  combinations  of  traders  which 
control  the  sale  of  commodities;  prin'fi  pl^§;  majnta^n'; 
im  peH^d';  pla^'§i  bl^,  apparently  right  or  reasonable;  re  §i^n^d'; 
in  ae'eu  ra  91^5,  errors. 

Look  up  the  words  in  the  first  column,  mark  them  for  pro- 
nunciation, and  find  their  meanings. 


LESSON  172 

From  the  Advertising  Pages  of  the  Daily  Paper. 

bargain  seersucker  challenge  repaired 
prettiest  jardiniere  comparison         hosiery- 
patterns  manicure  special                  refrigerators 
cheviots  warranted  cutting                 veterinary 
crochet  easel  announcement  upholstery 

bar'ga(=e)lin;  pre(=i)t'ti  est;  pat'tern§;  chev'i  ots,  woolen 
cloths  for  men's  clothing;  cro  ?heV;  chal'leng^;  com  par'i  son; 
spe'ci^l;  eiit'ting;  an  noun^V^^^iit*  notice;  repd'jr^d';  ho'- 
si(=zh)er  y;  re  frig'er  a^tor§,  devices  for  keeping  food  and  other 
articles  cool;  vet'er  i  na  ry,  relating  to  the  treatment  of  the 
diseases  of  domestic  animals;  iip  hol'ster  y,  the  business  or  work 
of  furnishing  rooms,  etc« ,  with  hangings,  coverings,  cushions,  etc. 
7 


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Look  up  the  words  in  column  two,  mark  them  diacritically,  i 
and  find  their  definitions.  \ 


LESSON   173 

From  the  Advertising  Pages. 

implements  stationery  balances  glazier 

underwear  aluminum  atomizer  securities 

ammunition  amateur  cigarette  plaques 

chemicals  artificial  essence  cylinders 

saddles  clevises  doilies  syringes  j 

im'ple  m^nts;  un'der  w^^r^;  am'^mu  ni'tion;  el^em'i  ea\^;  sad'-  \ 
dl^§;  sta'tion  er  y,  writing  materials;  a  lu'mi  niim,  a  white,  very  \ 
light  metal;  am'a  t^ur,  one  who  pursues  any  study  or  art  for) 
pleasure,  but  not  for  profit;  ar^ti  fi'cial,  not  natural;  elev'is  e§,  j 
parts  of  the  tongues  of  plows  or  wagons,  used  to  attach  them  to  I 
draft  chains,  whififletrees,  etc.;  hal'ang  e§;  af'om  I'zer,  an  instru- 1 
ment  for  reducing  a  liquid  to  spray  for  cooling,  perfuming,  etc.;  ] 
9ig^aret\^s';  es's^n?^,  perfume;  doi'li^§,  small  napkins. 

Mark  the  remaining  words  for  pronunciation,  using  thel 
dictionary,  and  find  the  meanings  of  those  which  are  new  to  you.  \ 


LESSON   174  \ 

From  the  Want  Column  of  the  Daily  Paper,  j 

manager  stenographer  frontage  massage  \ 

contractor  correspondence  adjacent  specialist  j 

optician  acquainted  barreled  chiropodist       \ 

bottler  preferred  tenant  mattresses 

fitter  conveniences  competent  miscellaneous  1 

man'^  ger;  eon  trae'tor;  op  ti'cian,   one  who  fits  eyes  withj 
glasses;  bot'tler;    fit'ter;   ste  nog 'ra  pher,    a  shorthand  writer;' 
eor'^re  spondVng^  (notice  that  the  suffix  is  "  ^nce"  ),  intercourse 
between  persons  by  means  of  letters;  ae  quaint 'ed;  pre  ferif^d'; 


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eon  ven'i(=y)^n  pi^§;  front'ag^,   the  extent  of  front;  ad  ja'f^nt, 
near,  next;  bar'rel^d;  ten'^nt;  eom'pe  t^nt,  capable,  fit. 

Mark  the  remaining  words  for  pronunciation,  correcting  your 
work  with  the  aid  of  the  dictionary,  and  find  the  meanings  of 
those  with  which  you  are  not  familiar. 


LESSON   175 

In  the  Furniture  Store. 


suite  corduroy  rocker  chiflfbnier 

velours  antique  Davenport  commode 

upholstered  mahogany  ornamental  cabinets 

couches  divan  mantel  tabouret 

tapestries  Morris  fasteners  rattan 

su(=w)it^,  a  set,  as  of  furniture;  v^  loi^r^,  a  velvety  fabric; 
up  hol'ster^d;  eouch'e§;  tap'es  tri^§,  embroideries;  eor'du  roy^; 
an  tiq(=k)^V>  old,  old-fashioned;  mahog'any;  divan',  a  large, 
low  sofa  or  couch;  Mor'ris  (the  chair  invented  by  the  English 
inventor  of  this  name);  ro^k'er;  Dav'en  port  (from  the  name  of 
the  original  maker),  a  kind  of  small  writing  table;  or'^na  men't^l; 
man't^l,  a  shelf  above  a  fireplace;  fas'^^n  er§. 

Look  up  the  remaining  words  in  the  dictionary,  mark  them 
diacritically,  and  find  the  meanings  of  those  with  which  you  are 
not  acquainted. 


LESSON   176 

At  a  Baseball  Game. 


pitcher 

bleachers 

innings 

league 

catcher 

hitter 

champion 

umpire 

fielder 

bases 

batting 

visitors 

center 

tallies 

support 

earned 

coaching 

striking 

sacrifice 

scores 

ble^ch'er§;  hit'ter;  bas'e§;  tarii^§;  strik'ing;  in'ningg;  cham'- 


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pi  on;  bat'ting;  sup  port';  sae'ri  fic(=z)^;  le^gi^^,  iim'pir^;  vi§'it- 
or§;  e^rn^d;  s€or^§. 

Place  the  proper  diacritical  markings  upon  the  first  five  words 
of  the  lesson,  using  the  dictionary. 


LESSON   177  I 

Meaning  Distinguished  by  Accent.  \     \ 

accent  expert  digest  object  | 

invalid  compact  perfect  incense 

abstract  gallant  converse  frequent  ] 

minute  compound       contest  ferment  1 

convict  produce  insult  precedent  j 

ae'fent^,  a  mark  to  indicate  pronunciation  (noun);  ac  ^ent',  to  | 
utter  or  to  mark  with  accent  (verb);  in  val'id,  having  no  force  or  j 
effect;  in'va  lid,  one  weakened  by  sickness;  ab'straet^,  a  summary,  j 
as  of  a  book  or  statement;  ab  straet',  to  consider  by  itself;  \ 
min'u(=i)t^,  the  sixtieth  part  of  an  hour;  mi  nutV,  very  small;  j 
eon'vict,  one  lawfully  sentenced  to  punishment  for  some  crime  | 
(noun);  eon  viet',  to  prove  or  find  guilty  of  an  offense  or  crime  j 
charged  (verb);  di'gest,  a  summary  of  laws  (noun);  digest',  to  \ 
work  over  and  classify — to  prepare  the  food  for  conversion  into  \ 
blood  (verb);  per 'feet,  faultless  (adjective);  perfect',  to  make] 
perfect — to  finish  (verb);  eon  vers^',  to  talk  (verb);  eon'vers^, 
conversation  (noun);  eon  test',  to  dispute  (verb);e6n'test,  earnest 
dispute— competition— conflict  (noun);  in'siilt,  abuse  (noun);  , 
in  suit',  to  abuse  (verb);  6b  jeet',  to  oppose  in  words  or  argument  \ 
(verb);  6b 'jeet,  something  that  may  be  seen  or  felt  (noun);  in'pens^,  j 
the  materials  used  for  the  purpose  of  producing  perfume  when  ] 
burned  (noun);  in  gens^',  to  provoke  (verb);  fre  quent',  to  visit  \ 
often  (verb);  fre'qu^nt,  happening  often  (adjective);  fer'm^nt.  "\ 
that  which  causes  to  ferment  (noun);  fer  ment',  to  cause  fer- ] 
mentation  in  (verb);  preg'e  d^nt,  an  example  (noun);  pre  gedVnt,  '\ 
going  before  (adjective).  j 

Proceed  similarly  with  the  words  in  the  second  column,  using 
the  dictionary. 


MAYNE'S   SIGHT   SPELLE|l   /.'•,';,,;  i"  Mi'.' 
LESSON  178 

Civil  Service  Test. 

sugar  breadth  guess  people 

pledge  sheet  threat  require 

cashier  easily  diamond  grease 

figure  frontier  visit  answer 

carrying  patience  repair  exist 

Many  of  the  positions  under  the  United  States  Government 
are  obtained  bypassing  Civil  Service  examinations.  Ihe  above 
is  a  sample  list  of  words  used  as  a  test  for  the  third  grade  in  the 
Civil  Service.  There  are  three  grades  established:  The  first 
grade  is  the  most  difficult,  the  second  grade  is  less  difficult,  and 
the  third  grade  is  the  easiest.  Besides  spelling,  candidates  in 
the  third  grade  are  tested  in  arithmetic,  letter  writing,  penman- 
ship, and  copying  from  plain  copy. 

The  words  are  dictated  with  definitions,  as  follows: 

Sugar :  A  sweet  substance  made  from  the  juice  of  the  sugar 
cane.  Pledge:  Something  given  as  security.  Cashier:  One 
who  has  charge  of  money  in  a  bank.  Figure :  A  mark  repre- 
senting a  number.  Carrying :  Conveying  or  transporting  in  any 
way.  Breadth :  The  measure  from  side  to  side.  Sheet :  The 
amount  of  paper  made  in  one  body  or  piece;  as,  a  sheet  of  paper. 
Easily:  In  an  easy  manner.  Frontier:  The  border  or  limits 
of  a  country.  Patience :  The  state  or  quality  of  being  patient. 
Guess :  The  act  of  guessing;  as  to  guess  at  one's  weight.  Threat : 
The  act  of  threatening;  as,  to  make  a  threat.  Diamond:  A 
precious  gem.  Visit:  To  go  to  see;  as,  to  visit  a  friend. 
Repair :  To  mend  or  make  over;  as,  to  repair  clothes.  People  : 
The  body  of  persons  composing  a  nation;  as,  the  American 
people.  Require:  To  be  in  need  of;  as,  to  require  money. 
Grease :  Soft  animal  fat.  Answer :  To  reply  to;  as,  to  answer 
a  letter.     Exist :    To  live;  as,  to  exist  in  poverty. 

s(+h)ug'ar;  ple^g^;  cashier';-  fig'ur^;  car'ry  ing;  breadth; 
she^t;  e^§'i  ly;  pe^'pl^,  re  quir^;  gre^s^;  an's^er;  ej'ist. 


W^^cJ;''     MAYNE'S   SIGHT   SPELLER 

i 

LESSON  179 

I 

*'  Im,"  *'  il,"  '*  ig,"  and  "  ir,"  are  forms  of  '*  in,"  and  mean  *'  not."  | 

i 

impure  illiberal  ignoble  irresolute 

impatient  illogical  ignominy  irreverent         I 

immortal  illegal  ignore  irregular 

impossible  illiterate  ignorance  irrevocable 

impartial  illimitable  ignominious  irresistible 

im  pur^;  im  pa'ti^nt;  im  mor't^l,  not  subject  to  death;  im  pos'- 1 
si  bl^;  im  par'ti^l;  illib'er^l;  illog' i  €<a;l,  not  according  to  the  | 
rules  of  sound  reasoning;  il  le'g^:!;  il  lifer  at^,  not  lettered  or  \ 
taught — ignorant;  il  lim'it  a  bl^;  ig  no'bl^;  ig'no  min  y,  public  i 
disgrace  or  dishonor;  ig  nor^';  ig'no  rang^;  ig^no  min'i  ^us,  dis- 1 
honorable,  shameful.  ] 

Mark  the  remaining  words  diacritically,  using  the  dictionary  to  | 
find  whether  your  work  is  correct,  and  find  the  definitions  of  any  \ 
with  which  you  are  not  familiar.  I 


LESSON  180 

Dictation  Review.     (Henry  Wadsworth  Longfellow.) 
'  'Whene'er  a  nod/e  deed  is  wrought^ 


Whene'er  is  spoken  a  noble  thought^  \ 

Our  hearts  in  glad  surprise  i 

To  higher  levels  rise."  I 

**Nor  deem  the  irrevocable  Past  \ 

As  wholly  wasted,  wholly  vain^  \ 

If,  rising  on  its  wrecks ^  at  last,  I 

Something  nobler  we  attain''  | 

I 

"In  the  elder  days  of  Art  | 

Builders  wrought  with  greatest  care  | 

^2lq\i  minute  2:^<di  unseen  ^2lx\.\  | 

For  the  gods  see  everywhere''  | 

"Silently,  one  by  one,  in  the  infinite  meadows  of  heaven, 
Dlossomedih^Xov^y  ^tdS^yWiQ  forget-me-nots  oi  the  angels. 


SEVENTH  GRADE 


LESSON   181 

Financial. 

finance 

credit 

capital 

debtor 

money 

premium 

specie 

promissory 

teller 

endorse 

balance 

coupon 

collection 

remittance 

cashier 

negotiable 

currency 

interest 

deficit 

financial 

fi  nang^',  public  money;  mon'^y;  teU'er,  one  who  receives 
and  pays  out  money  at  a  bank;  col  lee'tion;  cur'ren  gy;  cred'it; 
pre'mi  um;  en  dorsV,  to  write  the  name  on  the  back  of  a  note  or 
check;  re  mit't^n?^;  in'ter  est;  eap'i  t<3:l;  spe'9(+h)i^,  coin;  bal'- 
ang^;  def 'i  fit,  a  falling  short. 

Look  up  the  remaining  words  in  the  dictionary,  mark  them 
for  pronunciation,  and  learn  their  meanings. 


Silent 

'♦e'=  final  is  d 

vowel. 

bride 

bridal 

freeze 

freezing 

come 

coming 

shape 

shaping 

deplore 

deplorable 

believe 

believing 

drive 

driving 

remove 

removing 

change 

changing 

plunge 

plunging 

LESSON   182 

Silent  "e"  Final, 
final  is  dropped  before  a  suffix  beginning  with  a 


fleece 

fleecy 

sale 

salable 

pledge 

pledging 

blame 

blamable 

write 

writing 

argue 

arguing 

imagine 

imagining 

advise 

advising 

continue 

continuing 

make 

making 

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LESSON  183 

Exceptions  to  the  Rule. 

(1)  hoe  hoeing  (6)  springe  springeing 

(2)  shoe  shoeing  (7)  swinge  swingeing 

(3)  toe  toeing  (8)  tinge  tingeing 

(4)  dye  dyeing  (9)  mile  mileage  \ 

(5)  singe  singeing  (10)  peace  peaceable       ! 

The  e  is  retained  in  the  first  three  cases  to  guard  against  mis  [ 
pronunciation.  In  the  fourth,  fifth,  sixth,  seventh,  and  eighth  ; 
cases  the  e  is  retained  to  distinguish  these  words  from  dying,  : 
singings  springing^  swingings  and  tinging,  (9)  There  seems  to  \ 
be  no  good  reason  for  this  exception  to  the  rule,  and  the  word  is  ; 
often  written  milage,  (10)  c  and  g  before  e^  /,  or  j/,  are  usually  sol  i  . 
(having  the  sound  of  s  and/)  and  are  hard  (having  the  sound  of  .. 
k  and  g)  in  all  other  cases.  If  the  e  were  not  retained,  the  word  ; 
would  be  pronounced  "pe^e'abl^."  A  number  of  words  arc  i 
given  in  the  next  lesson  which  retain  the  e  to  keep  the  c  or  g  soft.  \ 

Look  up  the  meanings  of  (5),  (6),  (7),  and  (8)  in  the  dictionary.  \ 


LESSON  184                            -  j 

Exceptions  to  the  Rule — "  e  "  retained  to  keep  \ 

"c"and  '*g"Soft.  \ 

traceable  gaugeable  vengeance 

damageable                   chargeable                    manageable  i 

umbrageous                  lodgeable                       changeable  j 
divorceable                    discourageable             serviceable 

outrageous                    pronounceable             mortgageor  j 

pledgeor                         courageous                   noticeable  I 

advantageous               marriageable  | 

Note  what  the  pronunciation  of  each   word  would  be  if  the  J 

e  were  omitted.  1 

Look  up  in  the  dictionary  the  words  umbrageous  and  mort-  i 

^ageor^  and  any  other  words  with  which  you  are  unfamiliar.  I 


MAYNE'S   SIGHT   SPELLER 


105 


manacle 

corpuscle 

ventricle 

pinnacle 

radicle 

cuticle 

particle 

pellicle 

carbuncle 

article 

barnacle 

icicle 

canticle 

auricle 

follicle 

LESSON  185 

The  Suffixes  *'le,"  *'cle,"  and  *'cule"  mean  *' little." 

animalcule 

molecule 

reticule 

g-lobule 

stopple 

Manacle,  from  manus^  meaning  hand,  hence,  literally,  a  little 
hand — present  meaning,  a  handcuff;  pinnacle,  ivova  pinna^  mean- 
ing feather,  literally,  a  small  feather— present  meaning,  sharp- 
pointed  spire  or  gable;  particle,  a  little  part;  article,  from  artus, 
a  joint,  literally,  a  little  joint — present  meaning,  a  distinct  part 
of  anything;  canticle,  from  cantus^  a  song — a  little  song;  cor- 
puscle, from  corpus^  a  body — a  little  body;  radicle,  from  radix^  a 
root— a  little  root;  pellicle,  {vovapellis^  skin— a  little  skin  or  film; 
barnacle— a  little  mussel;  auricle,  from  auris,  the  ear— the 
external  ear. 

Look  up  the  derivations  of  the  remaining  words  in  the  dic- 
tionary.    Many  of  the  original  meanings  will  be  found  interesting. 


LESSON  186 

Words  Often  Mispronounced. 

catsup  levee 

decade  parole 

diploma  patriot 

diplomat  patriotic 

lyceum  apricot 

adept',  one  skilled  in  anything;  adiilt';  a'ged  (adjective); 
badV)  bi'fy  cl^;  bra'vo;  broach,  a  piece  of  jewelry;  ca  fe(=a)',  a 
coffee-house  or  restaurant;  ea  nin^,  one  of  the  dog  family;  eat'- 
siip;  dee^ad^,  a  period  of  ten  years;  di  plo'ma;  dip'16  mat,  one 
skilled  in  diplomacy;  ly  ^e'iim. 

Look  up  the  remaining  words  in  the  dictionary,  mark  them  for 
pronunciation,  and  learn  their  meanings. 


adept 

bicycle 

adult 

bravo 

aged 

brooch 

agile 

cafe 

bade 

canine 

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LESSON  187  i 

Geography  of  the  British  Isles.  1 

Great  Britain      Thames  Greenwich  Killarney     \ 

Ireland  Mersey  Windsor  firths  j 

Orkney  "Westminster     Canterbury  borough        i 

Hebrides  Glasgow  Trafalgar  commons 

Liverpool  Edinburgh  Chelsea  parliament  i 

Gr^at  Brit'<3:\n;  Ir^'l<2nd  (Gaelic — the  western  isle)\  Ork'ne^  i 
(Gaelic — the  isle  of  the  whales)'^  Heb'ri  de§;  LivVrp6ol;i 
Tlia(=e)m^§;  Mer'g^y;  West'mm  st^r;  Glas'goV  (probably  from] 
a  Celtic  word  meaning  dark  ravine^  in  allusion  to  the  locality  in ; 
which  the  cathedral  is  situated);  Ed'm  bur  gh(=o);  Gre^n'- ] 
Vich(=j);  Win^'§^r;  Can't^r  bu(=e)r  y;  Chel'sei^.  \ 

Place  the  proper  diacritical  markings  upon  the  remaining^ 
words,  using  the  dictionary,  and  find  the  meanings  of  those  with  ] 
which  you  are  not  familiar.  \ 


LESSON   188 

Some  Names  Found  in  Westminster  Abbey. 

Pitt  Dickens  Shakespeare  Elizabeth      j 

Watts  Livingstone  Andre  Dryden  ? 

Darwin  Macaulay  Herschel  Lytton 

Newton  Goldsmith  'Wordsworth  Campbell 

'Wesley  Milton  Chaucer  Longfellow   t 

Pitl^;  Wat\;§;  Dar'win;  New(=u)'t^n;  Wes'l^y;  Shak^s'ge^r^;  \ 
An'dre(=a);  Her's^h^l;  Wo(=u)rd§'wo(=u)rth;  Chati'^er;  E  liz'-  ■ 
a  beth;  Dry'd^n;  Lyt'^^n;  Cam^'ls^^H;  Loug'feKloV- 

Place  the  proper  diacritical  markings  upon  the  words  in  the  i 
second  column. 

Can  you  tell  something  about  each  of  these  noted  people? 


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LESSON  189 

Troublesome  Words. 

purpose  smooth  scenery  spectacle 

propose  enduring"  supreme  religion 

transmitting  squeeze  surrender  rehearse 

scarcely  convenience  sensible  sacrifice 

innocent  transcends  society  "Wednesday 

smooth;  en  dur'ing;  sq^ue^z^;  eon  ven'i(=yVn9V,  tran  s^end§', 
excels,  surpasses;  s^en'er  y;  su  prem^';  sur  ren'der,  to  give  up; 
sen's!  h\^;  so  ^I'e  ty;  spee'ta  €%  sight;  re  lig'^on;  re  he^rsV;  sae'- 
ri  fic(=z)^,  to  give  up  in  favor  of  a  higher  duty;  We^n^§'daj(. 

Look  up  the  first  five  words  of  the  lesson  in  the  dictionary, 
marking  them  for  pronunciation. 


LESSON  190 

Dictation  Review.     (Washington  Irving. ) 

''^Happiness  is  reflective^  like  the  light  of  Heaven:  ^v^xy  coun- 
tenance^ bright  with  smiles,  and  glowing  with  i7inoce7it  enjoy- 
ment, is  a  mirror  transmitting  to  others  the  rays  of  a  supreme 
and  ever- shining  benevole7tcey 

'*Oh!  there  is  an  enduri7tg  tenderness  in' the  love  of  a  mother 
to  her  son  that  transcends  all  other  affections  of  the  heart.  It  is 
neither  to  be  chilled  by  selfishness,  nor  daunted  by  danger,  nor 
weakened  by  worthlessness,  nor  stifled  by  ingratitude.  She  will 
sacrifice  every  comfort  to  his  convenience ;  she  will  surrender 
every  pleasure  to  his  enjoyment;  she  will  glory  in  his  fame,  and 
^.r////in  his  prosperity;  and,  if  misfortune  overtake  him,  he  will 
be  the  dearer  to  her  from  misfortune;  and  if  disgrace  settle  upon 
his  name,  she  will  love  and  cherish  him  in  spite  of  his  disgrace; 
and  if  all  the  world  besides  cast  him  off,  she  will  be  all  the  world 
to  him." 


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LESSON   191 

From  the  Almanac. 
almanac  meteor  zodiac  Venus 

asteroids  planets  perihelion         Uranus 

calendar  phases  apogee  Neptune 

constellation   satellite  perigee  Orion 

eclipse  crescent  Mercury  Pleiades 

al'ma  nae;  as'ter  oid§,  small  planets;  eal'en  dar  (note  that  the 
last  syllable  is  d^r);  eon^'stel  la'tion,  a  cluster  or  group  of  fixed 
stars,  or  a  division  of  the  heavens;  e  clips Vj  a  hiding  of  the  light 
of  the  sun,  moon,  or  other  bright  body,  by  some  other  body  com- 
ing in,  either  between  it  and  the  eye,  or  between  the  bright  body 
and  that  made  light  by  it;  me'te  or,  a  passing  bright  body  or 
appearance  seen  in  the  air,  or  in  the  region  above  it,  —applied  to 
masses  of  stone,  etc.,  which  sometimes  fall  to  the  earth;  plan'ets, 
the  heavenly  bodies  which  move  about  the  sun  in  a  slightly 
elliptical  path;  pha§'e§,  particular  states  in  regular  series  of 
changes  as  to  brightness,  etc.;  sat'el  lit^,  a  planet  which  moves 
about  another  planet;  cres'g^nt,  the  moon  in  her  first  quarter; 
zo'di  ac,  a  figure  representing  the  signs,  symbols,  and  constella- 
tions of  an  imaginary  belt  in  the  heavens,  in  the  middle  of  which 
is  the  sun's  path;  per^i  heri(=y)6n,  the  point  of  the  path  of  a 
planet  or  comet  which  is  nearest  to  the  sun;  ap'6  ge^,  that  point 
in  the  path  of  the  moon  which  is  at  the  greatest  dista?tce  from  the 
earth;  per'i  ge^,  that  point  in  the  path  of  the  moon  which  is 
nearest  the  earth;  Mer'cu  ry,  the  planet  nearest  the  sun. 

Place  the  proper  diacritical  markings  upon  the  remaining 
words  of  the  lesson,  using  the  dictionary.  These  are  names  of 
planets  and  stars. 


plumbing 

solder 

acetylene 

porcelain 

diaphragm       supply 


LESSON    192 

At  the  Plumber's. 
nozzle  corrugated 

suction  enameled 

lavatories       nickeled 
shower  brackets 


faucets 

nipples 

brazier 

gasoline 

galvanized       asbestos 


plumb'ing;  s6^d'er,  a  metallic  cement;  a  fet'y  len^,  a  gas  used 


MAYNE'S    SIGHT    SPELLER  109 

for  fuel;  por'ge  l^in,  a  kind  of  earthenware;  di'a  phra^m  (a  par- 
tition); noz'zl^,  a  short  tapering  tube  forming  the  outlet  of  a 
hose  or  pipe;  siie'tion,  the  drawing  of  fluids  by  exhausting 
the  air;  lav'a  to  ri^§,  places  for  washing;  show'er,  a  bath 
in  which  water  is  showered  from  above;  siip  ply';  cor'ru  ga^ted, 
bent  into  a  series  of  alternate  ridges  and  grooves  in  parallel 
lines  to  secure  greater  stiffness,  as  in  corrugated  iron;  en- 
am 'el^d;  ni^kVl^d;  bra^k'ets;  gal'va  niz^d,  coated,  as  iron  with 
zinc. 

Look  up  the  remaining  words  in  the  dictionary,  marking  them 
for  pronunciation,  and  find  the  meanings  of  those  with  which, 
you  are  not  acquainted. 


LESSON  193 

Words  from  Arithmetic. 
percentage       consignor        assessment     interest 
amount  brokerage       duties  annual 

difference  proceeds  customs  accurate 

commission      discount  specific  promissory 

consignment    assessor  ad  valorem      negotiable 

per  gent' ag^;  amount';  differ  ^n?^;  com  mis'sion  (note  that 
both  the  m  and  the  5  are  doubled);  con  si^n'm<?nt;  eonsi^n'or'; 
bro'ker  ag^;  pro'9e^d§;  dis'eount^;  as  ses'sor,  the  one  who 
apportions  taxes;  as  ses^'m^nt,  the  amount  of  the  tax  assessed- 
du'ti^§;  €us't6m§;  spe  gif 'ic,  a  duty  based  upon  quantity  or  num- 
ber; ad  va  lo'rem,  a  duty  at  a  certain  rate  per  cent  upon  values. 

Mark  the  remaining  words  diacritically,  using  the  dictionary 
to  correct  your  work,  and  find  the  meanings  of  those  with  which 
you  are  not  familiar. 


LESSON  194 

"Pro"=" forth;"  "  pre"  ="  before;  "  "  per"  ="  through." 
prepare  prejudge  perjure  produce 

preparation      proceed  project  perennial 

profane  peruse  perceive  precise 

pervade  progress  precede  professor 

prefix  persevere        proclaim  preamble 

pre  p^r^',    from  pre — before — and   parare — to    make    ready; 


110  MAYNE'S   SIGHT   SPELLER  I 

1 
prep'^a  ra'tion  (note  that  the  second  syllable  is  a);  pro  fan^',  from  ; 
pro—iovih  (out  oi)—^.!!^.  fanum  the  temple,— hence,  not  sacred 
or  holy;  per  vad^,  from  per — through— and  vadere — to  walk— to  . 
pass   through;   prefix';    pre  jii^gV'?  P^o  9e^d',   pro — forth— and  i 
cedere — to  move;  pe  ru§V>  pro  gres^,  from/r^ — forth — and^ra«^i  ; 
— to   step;    per'^se  ver^',   per — through — and    severe;  pro  du?^',  \ 
pro — forth — and  ducere — to  lead — to  bring  forward;  per  en'ni  ^1,  \ 
per — through — and    annus — year, — that    lasts    the    whqle    year  \ 
through;    pre  gisV?  P^^ — before — and   ccedere — to   cut, — cut  off,  ; 
brief;  pro  fesVor  (note  that  there  is  but  one/),  pro — before,  for-  ; 
ward — and  fateri — to  confess,  own, — one  who  makes  known  his 
opinions,  one  who  teaches  in  a  particular  branch  of  learning; 
pre'am^bl^,  pre — before — and  ambulare — to  walk, — that    which 
walks  before,  hence,  an  introduction. 

Proceed  similarly  with  the  words  in  the  third  column,  using 
the  dictionary. 


LESSON  195. 

Words  from  Bryant's  '*  Thanatopsis." 


images 

hoary- 

continuous 

elements 

agony 

brood 

innumerable 

individual 

visible 

infinite 

departure 

insensible 

mould 

seers 

solitudes 

breathless 

couch 

phantom 

magnificent 

quarry 

im'ag  e§;  ag'o  ny,  suffering,  distress;  vi§'i  blV»  moisjild;  couch;  \ 
ho^r'y,  white,  brood;  in'fi  nit^,  boundless,  eternal;  se^r§,  proph-  | 
ets;  phan'tom,  that  which  only  appears  to  exist;  contin'u^iis;  j 
in  nu'mer  a  bl^,  countless,  of  great  number;  de  par'tur^,  going  \ 
away,  death;  sol'i  tud^§,  lonely  or  hidden  places;  mag  nif 'i  f^nt,  ! 
grand  in  appearance. 

Look  up  the  words  in  the  final  column  in  the  dictionary,  mark-  ; 
ing  them  for  pronunciation,  and  find  the  definitions  of  any  which  \ 
may  be  new  to  you.  j 


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111 


LESSON   196 


Vehicles. 

buggy 

cutter 

omnibus 

tallyho 

carriage 

phaeton 

landau 

surrey 

wagon 

chaise 

4;rolley-car 

democrat 

sleigh 

diligence 

automobile 

buckboard 

chariot 

curricle 

barouche 

runabout 

bug'gy;  ear'ri^g^;  wag'on;  sle'jfel^^;  char'i  6t;  eut'ter,  a  small, 
light,  one-horse  sleigh;  pha'e  ton  (from  Phaethon,  the  son  of 
Phoebus);  9ha'(§^,  a  two- wheeled  carriage;  di(=e)'li(=e)- 
g(=zh)e(=a)N9V>  ^  four-wheeled  public  stage  coach,  used  in 
France;  eur'ricl^,  a  two-wheeled  chaise  drawn  by  two  horses 
abreast;  om'm  bus,  a  long,  four-wheeled  carriage,  seating  many 
people;  lan'dai^  (from  the  town  Landau,  in  Germany),  a  four- 
w^heeled,  covered  vehicle,  the  top  of  which  is  divided  into  two 
sections,  which  can  be  let  down  or  thrown  back  so  as  to  make  an 
open  carriage;  trol'l^y-ear;  au^to  mo'bile  (notice  where  the  accent 
is  in  this  word);  ba  roia^h^',  a  four-wheeled  carriage,  with  a  falling 
top,  a  seat  on  the  outside  for  the  driver,  and  two  double  seats  on 
the  inside,  arranged  so  that  the  sitters  on  the  front  seat  face 
those  on  the  back  seat. 

Mark  the  remaining  words  diacritically,  using  the  dictionary, 
and  find  the  meanings  of  those  with  which  you  are  not  acquainted. 


LESSON   197 

Geography  of  France,  Spain  and  Portugal. 


Marseilles 

Bordeaux 

Calais 

Lyon 

Havre 

Mar  sem^§; 
vre(=^r),   the 


Seine 

Bastille 

Versailles 

Tuileries 

Bourse 


Cadiz 

Pyrenees 

Gibraltar 

Madrid 

Alhambra 


Cape  Verde 
Portuguese 
Madeira 
Azores 
Mediterrane  an 


B6rdeaux(=o)';    £si'la\k');    Ly(=e)/6N';    Ha'- 
French   for   harbor,  port\  Se(=a)5n^;  Bas  fillV, 


112  MAYNE'S    SIGHT    SPELLER     '  ' 

V^r  s^me^';  €ad'iz  (Spanish  pronunciation,  €a  Di[=e]z[=th], 
from  Latin  Gades^  a  corruption  of  Phoenician  Gadir^  meaning 
shut  in ^  inclosed)',  PyrV  ne^§;  Gi  bral'tar  (Arabian,  Jebel al 
Tarik,  mountain  of  Tarik,  a  Moorish  general,  who,  in  A.  D.  712, 
conquered  this  place);  M^  drid'.  (Spanish  pronunciation, 
Ma  Drid'). 

Place  the  proper  diacritical  markings  upon  the  remaining 
words.  Portuguese  is  a  derivative  of  Portugal,  which  is  a  cor- 
ruption of  Partus  Cat,  the  harbor  of  Ca/,  the  original  name  of 
the  modern  city  of  Oporto,  afterward  transferred  to  the  kingdom 
itself;  Madeira  is  the  Portuguese  name  for  timber,  wood^  so  ; 
named  from  having  been  originally  very  woody;  Azores  is  from 
the  Portuguese  * '  adores,"  hawks,  so  called  from  the  great  number 
of  hawks  found  there;  Mediterranean  is  from  the  Latin  medius,^ 
terra,  from  being,  as  it  were,  in  the  middle  of  the  land. 


LESSON  198 

Words  used  in  Business. 

assets  judgment  commercial  recommend 

resources  teleg-ram  business         acknowledgment 

accrued  wholesale  concede  convenience 

freight  syndicate  warranty       correspondent 

inventory  dunning  acceptance    occurrence 

as'sets,  the  entire  property  of  all  sorts,  belonging  to  a  person, 
corporation,  or  estate;  re  so^r^'eg,  money,  or  any  property  that 
can  be  changed  into  supplies;  ae  eru^d',  added  as  profit,  as 
interest  upon  money  loaned;  fre^^l^t;  in'ven  to  ry,  a  list  of  goods 
or  valuables,  with  their  estimated  worth — the  annual  account  of 
stock  taken  in  any  business;  jii^g'm^nt  (note  that  the  final  e  is 
dropped  when  the  suffix  ment  is  added  to  judge),  the  sentence  of  ; 
a  court — applied  to  a  debt,  a  debt  secured  to  the  creditor  by  a  ^ 
judge's  order;  tel'e  gram;  Vhol^sal^^;  syn'di  cat^,  an  association 
of  persons  having  authority  to  carry  on  some  business;  dun'- 
ning,  asking  one  who  owes  to  pay;  rec^om  mend';  ae  J^noVl'e^g- 


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113 


m^nt  (note  that  when  the  suffix  iiient  is  added  to  the  verb  form 
the  final  e  is  dropped);  eon  ven'i(=y)^n9^,  opportunity;  eor^re- 
spondVnt;  oe  eur'r^n?^  (notice  that  both  the  c  and  r  are  doubled 
and  that  the  suffix  is  <?nce),  an  incident  or  event. 

Look  up  the  words  in  the  third  column,  mark  them  for  pro- 
nunciation, and  find  the  definitions  of  those  with  which  you  are 
not  familiar. 


LESSON  199 


Troublesome  Words. 


scholar 

calamity 

receive 

recognize 

regular 


parallel 

pavilion 

pleasure 

exasperation 

porcelain 


eloquence 

poultice 

decisive 

prairie 

precious 


preparation 
obstinacy- 
opposite 
punctual 
nuisance 


sel^orar;  ea  lam'i  ty,  disaster,  misfortune;  re  ^e^v^';  rec'og- 
niz^  (do  not  slight  the  g  in  pronouncing  this  word);  reg'u  lar; 
par'^1  lei;  pa  viri(=y)6n  (note  that  there  is  but  one  /  in  this 
word);  ple^s(=zh)'ur^;  ex  as^per  a'tion,  irritation,  keen  or  bitter 
anger;  por'ge  l^m;  el'o  qu^np^,  qualities  of  forcefulness,  per- 
suasion, and  elegance  in  speaking  or  writing;  poiarti?^,  a  prepar- 
ation, as  of  bread,  bran,  etc.,  to  be  applied  to  sores;  de  fi'siv^, 
positive,  final;  praVri^;  pre'ci(=sh)i?us. 

Look  up  the  remaining  words  in  the  dictionary,  marking  them 
for  pronunciation,  and  find  the  meanings  of  those  which  are  not 
familiar  to  you. 


LESSON  200 

Dictation  Review.     (Ralph  Waldo  Emerson.) 

"There  is  no  beaiitifier  of  complexion^  or  form,  or  behavior^ 
like  the  wish  to  scatter  joy  and  not  pain  around  us." 

"One  of  the  illusions  is  that  the  present  hour  is  not  the  criti- 
8 


114  MAYNE'S   SIGHT   SPELLER 

cal^  decisive  hour.     Write  it  in  your  heart  that  every  day  is  the 
best  day  in  the  year." 

^'' Drudgery y  calamity ^  exasperation^  want,  are  instructors  in  elo- 
quence and  wisdom.  The  true  scholar  grudges  every  opportunity 
of  action  passed  by,  as  a  loss  of  power." 

"  By  the  rude  bridge  that  arched  i\iQ  flood, 
Their  flag  to  April's  breeze  unfurled^ 
Here  once  the  ejnbattled  isLvmers  stood 
And  fired  the  shot  heard  round  the  world. 


"  Spirit  that  made  these  heroes  dare 
To  die  and  leave  their  children  free 
Bid  Time  and  Nature  gently  spare 
The  shaft  we  raise  to  them  and  thee." 


LESSON  201 

Abbreviations. 


Dept.      Department         M.  D.         Doctor  of  Medicine 
do.  (")    ditto,  the  same   vs.  against 

e.  g".         for  example        M.  O.         Member  of  Congress 
Esq.         Esquire  M.  P.         Member  of  Parliament 

etc.  and  so  forth         U.  S.  A.     United  States  Army 

Pahr.      Pahre'nheit  U.  S.  N.     United  States  Navy 

G.A.  R.  Grand  Army  of  U.  S.  V.     United  States  Volun- 

the  Republic  teers 

Jr.  Junior  Pro  tem.  For  the  time  being 

N.  E.        Ne"w  England      Per  cent.  By  the  hundred 
3upt.      Superintendent  Q.  Centigrade 


MAYNE'S    SIGHT    SPELLER  115 

LESSON  202 

"Mono"="one;"  "bi"="two;"  "  tri"="  three;  " 
"semi"=**half." 

monogram        bimetallic  triangle  semiannual 

monologue       bicuspid  tricycle  semicircle 

monosyllable  biennially  trident  semicolon 

monotony         bicycle  triennial  semitone 

monopoly         biped  tripod  semiweekly 

mon'o  gram,  an  interwoven  design  of  the  initials  of  a  name; 
mon'o  logi^^,  a  speech  given  by  a  person  alone;  mon'o  syVla  bl^, 
a  word  of  one  syllable;  mo  not'o  ny,  oneness  or  sameness;  mo- 
nop'o  ly,  sole  control  of  the  production  and  sale  of  anything; 
bi^me  tal'lie,  a  money  system  with  two  metals  (as  gold  and  silver) 
as  standards;  bi  eiis'pid,  ending  in  two  points,  as  teeth,  leaves, 
etc.;  bi  en'ni  al  ly,  once  in  two  years;  bi'^y  el^,  a  two-wheeled 
velocipede;  bl'ped,  a  two-footed  animal;  tri'an'^gl^,  a  figure 
bounded  by  three  lines  and  containing  three  angles;  trl'gy  el^,  a 
three- wheeled  velocipede;  tri'd<?nt,  a  kind  of  spear  with  three 
prongs;  trien'ni<2l,  coming  every  third  year;  tri'pod,  a  three- 
legged  frame  or  stand. 

Look  up  the  words  in  the  final  column,  marking  them  care- 
fully for  pronunciation,  and  find  the  definitions  of  those  with 
which  you  are  not  acquainted. 


LESSON  203 


Geography  of  Netherlands,  Belgium,  and  Other  Minor  States. 

Holland  Antwerp  Monteneg-ro  Luxemburg 

Haarlem  "Waterloo  San  Marino  Bucharest 

Hague  Delft  Andorra  Sofia 

Ghent  Bulgaria  Monaco  Belgrade 

Brussels  Servia  Rotterdam  Roumania 

Hol'l^nd;  Ha^r'km;  Hagi^^  (fromD.  '^  Grave7ihaag,  count's 
hedge.     The  Hague  owes  its  origin  to  a  country-seat  built  there 


116  MAYNE'S    SIGHT    SPELLER 

by  the  Counts  of  Holland  in  1250);  Gl^ent  (named  from  its 
ancient  inhabitants,  the  Gorduni)\  Brus'sd§;  Ant'w<?rp  (Latin 
A7it'werpMm^  Flemish  Aenwerp^  "added; "  so  called  because 
built  upon  successive  deposits  from  the  waters  of  the  Scheldt); 
Wa^'t^r  loo';  Delft  (every  letter  should  be  pronounced)  (this  word 
means  "a  canal");  Bui  ga'ri  a  (Latin,  country  of  the  Volgarians 
or  Huns);  Ser'vi  a\  Mon^te(=a)  ne'gro;  San  Ma  ri'no;  An  dor'ra; 
Mon'a  €o;  Rot'ter  dam'^  (dam  or  dike  of  the  Rotter). 

Place  the  proper  diacritical  markings  upon  the  remaining 
words.  Luxemburg  received  its  name  from  the  old  Castle  of 
Lucili  burgum,  which,  in  963,  came  into  the  possession  of  Sieg- 
fried, Count  of  Ardennes,  whose  descendants  took  the  title  of 
Counts  of  Luxemburg;  Bucharest  means  "city  of  enjoyment;" 
Roumania  means  country  of  the  Romans. 


LESSON  204 

Relating  to  Music. 


clef 

quartette 

diminuendo 

mezzo 

bass 

chord 

staccato 

discord 

treble 

soprano 

forte 

octave 

choir 

encore 

piano 

transpose 

duet 

crescendo 

pianissimo 

rehearsal 

clef,  a  character  to  determine  the  position  and  pitch  of  the 
scale  as  represented  on  the  musical  staff;  bas^,  treb'l^,  acute, 
sharp;  ch(=kw)^ir;  du  et';  quar  tet^;  el^ord,  a  combination  of 
tones  performed  at  the  same  time,  producing  more  or  less  per- 
fect harmony;  so  pra'no,  the  highest  kind  of  temale  or  boy's 
voice;  e(=a)N^€or^',  a  call  that  a  particular  part  be  given  again; 
eres  ^^en'do,  with  a  constantly  increasing  volume  of  voice — indi- 
cated on  the  staff  by  the  sign  c=n:ZII;  ^i  min^u  en'do,  in  a  grad- 
ually diminishing  manner — indicated  on  the  staff  by  Dim., 
Dimin.,  or  the  sign  311^==";  stae  ea'to,  separated — a  direction  to 
perform  the  notes  of  a  passage  in  a  short,  distinct,  and  pointed 
niapner— indicated  by  heavy  accents  or  dots  written  above  pr 


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117 


below  the  notes;  f6r'te(=a),  loudly;  pi  an'6;  pi^a  nis'si  mo,  very 
soft— abbreviated  to  pp. 

Look  the  remaining  words  up  in  the  dictionary,  marking  them 
for  pronunciation,  and  find  their  definitions. 


LESSON  205 

At  the  Theater. 

parquet 

program 

orchestra 

legitimate 

balcony- 

curtain 

soubrette 

applause 

gallery 

aisles 

synopsis 

encore 

scenes 

ushers 

prologue 

vaudeville 

electrician 

matinee 

foyer 

professional 

par  q(=k)ijeV,  the  whole  lower  floor;  bal'co  ny,  the  project- 
ing gallery;  gal'ler  y;  s^en^§;  e^lee  tri'ci<2n;  pro'gram;  cur't^in; 
^i^l^§;  ush'er§,  those  who  seat  the  people;  mat^i  ne^',  a  play  in 
the  daytime;  or'cl^es  tra,  the  space  reserved  for  the  musicians; 
s^u'^bret^^',  a  lady's  maid,  in  comedies,  who  acts  the  part  of  a 
plotter;  syn  op' sis,  a  summary  of  a  play;  pro'logi^^,  a  discourse 
or  poem  spoken  before  a  play;  fo(=wa)^ye(=a)i[',  a  lobby,  or 
passageway,  in  a  theater. 

Look  up  the  remaining  words  in  the  dictionary,  marking  them 
diacritically,  and  find  the  meanings  of  those  with  which  you  are 
not  familiar. 


LESSON  206 

*'  Ante  "=  "  before; "  '*  anti "=  *'  against." 

antipathy  anterior  antemeridian  anteroom 

antecedent  antiseptic  antique  antislavery 

antidote  antenatal  antiquity  antemundane 

antipodes  antithesis  antechamber  anticlimax 

antedate  anticipate  antenuptial  antediluvian 

an  tip'a  thy,  a  feehng  against;  an^te  fedVnt,  going  before  in 


118  MAYNE'S    SIGHT    SPELLER  \ 

time;  an'ti  dot^,  a  remedy  to  offset  (go  against)  the  effects  of  a  I 
poison;  an  tip'o  de§,  anything  exactly  opposite  or  contrary— two  | 
things  against  each  other;  an'te  dat^^;  an  te'rior,  before  in  time;  j 
an^ti  sep'tie,  a  substance  which  prevents  (or  goes  against)  rotting 
or  decay;  an^te  na'tal,   before  birth;  an  tith'e  sis,  an  opposition 
(or  setting  over  against)  of  words  or  thoughts,  occurring  in  the 
same  sentence;  an  tig'i  pat^,  to  do  or  take  before  another;  an^te-  \ 
me  rid'i  an,    being    before  noon;    an  tiq(=k)i^^,  belonging  to  a  ; 
time  befo7^e\  an  tiq(=k)'u(=w)i  ty;  an'te  cham^ber,  a  chamber  or  : 
apartment  before  the  chief  apartment  and  leading   into  it,   in 
which  persons   wait  for   audience;  an'^te  nup'ti(=sh)al,   before 
marriage.  ! 

Look  up  the  remaining  words  in  the  dictionary,  marking  them  | 
for  pronunciation,  and  find  the  meanings  of  those  with  which  you 
are  not  familiar.  \ 


LESSON  207 

Geography  of  Germany,  Austria,  and  Switzerland. 


Berlin 

Cologne 

Vienna 

Zurich 

Munich 

Hamburg 

Budapest 

Lucerne 

Bremen 

Kaiser 

Trieste 

Swiss 

Wurtemberg 

Prague 

Rhone 

Alpine 

Leipzig 

Tyrol 

Rhine 

Berne 

Ber'lin  (German  pronunciation — Ber  lin')  (from  Slav,  berle^  i 
uncultivated land)\Mvi'vL\eh  (German  Munchen=Mun'Ken,  (from  i 
German  "  Monchen,"  or  "  Miinchen,"  monks.  The  city  takes; 
its  name  from  some  monks  who  erected  warehouses  for  salt  upon  j 
the  spot  where  It  now  stands);  BremVn;  Wurt'em  berg;  L^ip-  \ 
z(=ts)ig  or  L^Ip'sie;  €6  lo^n^  (from  Latin  Colonia^  its  original  j 
name  being  Colonia  Agrippina,  given  it  by  Agrippina,  mother  of  ■• 
Nero,  who  was  born  here);  Ham'burg;  K^i'ger,  the  emperor  of  \ 
Germany;  Pragi^^  (Latin  Praga^  enlarged  by  Libussa  in  723,  ; 
and   by    him    named    Praha^  from    Bohemian  prah^    a  thres-  \ 


MAYNE'S   SIGHT   SPELLER 


119 


tiold);  Tyr'<?l  (named  from  the  Castle  of  Tirol  (Teriolis); 
2u(=tsu)'rich(=K)  (a  corruption  of  Latin  ThuricM7n^  from 
Theoricus  [son  of  Theodoric],  who  rebuilt  the  city  after  its 
destruction  by  Attila);  Lu  fernV;  Swis^j;  Arpin^,  pertaining  to 
the  Alps;  Bern^  (from  German  bar  en,  bears). 

Place  the  proper  diacritical  markings  upon  the  remaining 
words.  Vienna  is  from  the  Latin  Vindobona  (supposed  to  be  a 
corruption  of  an  old  Celtic  or  Slavic  word,  meaning  "dwelling- 
place  of  the  Vends");  Buda  (Peste)  is  said  to  have  been  named 
from  Buda,  a  brother  of  Attila,  who  resided  in  it  and  improved 
it;  Trieste  is  corrupted  from  its  Latin  name,  Tergeste\  Rhone  is 
from  the  Latin  Rhodanus, 


LESSON 

208 

Troublesome  Words. 

necessary 

millinery- 

magazine 

license 

mucilage 

microscope 

machinery- 

library- 

mosquito 

melodeon 

liquor 

length 

moisture 

mechanic 

liniment 

journey- 

mischievous 

manufacture 

lieutenant 

jealous 

mil'li  ner  y;  mi'cro  seop^,  an  instrument  for  magnifying 
minute  objects;  me  lo'de  on,  a  kind  of  small  reed  organ;  me- 
•cl^an'ic,  one  who  is  employed  in  shaping  and  uniting  materials, 
as  wood,  metal,  etc.,  into  any  kind  of  machine  or  other  object 
requiring  the  use  of  tools;  man^u  fae'tur^;  mag'^a  zin^'\  ma  ghin'- 
er  y;  liq(=k)t^'or;  lin'i  m^nt;  H^u  ien'ant,  a  commissioned  officer 
in  the  army,  next  below  a  captain;  li'g^ns^,  a  permission  from 
the  proper  authorities  to  perform  certain  acts  or  to  carry  on  a 
certain  business  which  would  otherwise  be  unlawful;  li'bra  ry; 
length;  j^ur'n^y;  jey^us. 

Mark  the  first  five  words  of  the  lesson  for  pronunciation,  using 
the  dictionary  to  correct  your  work. 


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LESSON  209 

*'ance;"    "ence." 

presence  prudence  utterance  importance 

affluence  ordinance  reference  permanence 

pretence  indulgence  ignorance  correspondence 

conscience  appearance  reverence  concurrence 

penance  excellence  abstinence  allowance 

pre§Vn9^;  af'flu  ^n?^,  abundance,  riches;  pre  tengV»  that 
which  is  pretended;  €6n'sci(=h)/£'n9^;  pen'ang^,  in  the  Roman 
Catholic  Church,  a  means  of  repairing  a  sin  and  obtaining  par- 
don for  it;  pru'd^ng^,  carefulness,  judgment;  or'di  nang^,  a 
regulation;  in  diirg^ng^,  the  act  of  humoring — favor  granted; 
ap  pe^r'^n?^;  ex(=k)'peKkn9^;  ut'ter  ang^;  refer  ^n?^;  ig'no- 
rang^;  rev'er  ^n?^,  honor,  great  respect;  ab'sti  n^np^,  voluntary 
forbearance  of  any  action. 

Look  up  the  remaining  words  in  the  dictionary,  marking  them 
for  pronunciation,  and  find  the  definitions  of  any  with  which 
you  are  not  familiar. 


LESSON  210 

Dictation  Review.     (Robert  Burns.) 

'  But  pleasures  are  like  poppies  spread. 
You  sez^e  the  flower,  its  bloom  is  shed ; 
Or  Hke  the  snowfall  in  the  river, 
A  moment  white— then  melts  forever." 

'  When  ranting  round  in  pleasure's  ring 

Religion  may  be  blinded; 
Or  if  she  give  a  random  sting. 

It  may  be  little  minded; 
But  when  on  life  we're  tempest-driv'n, 

A  conscience  but  a  canker — 
A  correspondence  fix'd  wi'  Heav'n 

Is  sure  a  noble  anchor.^'' 


MAYNE'S   SIGHT   SPELLER  121 

' '  O  Scotia  I  my  dear,  my  native  soil ! 

For  whom  my  warmest  wish  to  Heaven  is  sent! 
Long  may  thy  hardy  sons  of  rustic  toil 

Be  bless'd  with  health,  2lXi^ peace ^  and  sweet  content! 

And  Oh!  may  Heaven  their  simple  lives  prevent 
From  luxury's  contagion,  weak  and  vile! 

Then  howe'er  crowns  and  coronets  be  rent, 
A  virtuous  populace  may  rise  the  while, 
And  stand  a  wall  of  fire  around  Wi^ix  much-lov'd  Z^/^." 


LESSON  211 

In  the  Wagon,  Carriage,  and  Harness  Shops. 


felloe 

brake 

burr 

collars 

tongue 

spoke 

axle 

breeching 

thimble 

apron 

evener 

martingale 

bolster 

dashboard 

bridle 

surcingle 

whifiQetree 

neckyoke 

checkrein 

cinche  buckle 

fel'lo^,  the  outside  wooden  rim,  or  part  of  the  rim,  of  a  wheel, 
supported  by  the  spokes;  toDg^i^;  thim'bl^,  a  tube-shaped  piece 
through  which  a  bolt  or  pin  passes;  bol'ster,  the  cross-bar  above 
the  axle  of  a  wagon,  on  which  the  body  rests;  whif'fl^  tre^^,  the 
swinging  bar  to  which  the  tugs  of  a  harness  are  fastened  and  by 
which  the  vehicle  attached  is  drawn;  brak^;  spok^;  a'pron,  a 
piece  of  leather,  or  other  material,  to  be  spread  before  a  person 
riding  on  an  outside  seat  of  a  vehicle,  to  protect  him  from  the 
rain,  snow,  or  dust;  dash'bo^rd"';  ne^k'yok^^,  a  bar  by  which  the 
end  of  the  tongue  of  a  wagon  or  carriage  is  suspended  from  the 
collars  of  the  harnesses;  burif;  ax'l^;  e'v^n  er,  a  swinging  cross- 
bar to  the  ends  of  which  other  cross-bars  are  hung  to  make  the 
draw  even  when  two  or  three  horses  are  used  abreast;  bri'dl^; 
che^k're^n. 

Look  up  the  remaining  words,  marking  them  for  pronuncia- 
tion and  find  the  meanings  of  those  with  which  you  are  not 
familiar. 


122 


MAYNE'S    SIGHT   SPELLER 


LESSON  212 

Latin  Root  facer e=^ ' '  to  make. " 

affection         identification     benefited  counterfeit 

factious  intensify  terrific  versification 

difficult  pacification        sacrifice  pontiff 

classify  rarefy  officious  surfeit 

gratify  sanctification    artifice  feasible 

There  are  about  two  hundred  English  words  that  have  the 
root  facere  in  their  make-up.  The  forms  of  the  root  found  in 
English  are:    fac,fact,feas,  feet,  fie y  and^. 

t  den^ti  fi  ea'tion,  making  to  be  the  same;  in  ten's!  fy,  to  make 
more  extreme  in  degree;  pa  gif^i  ea'tion,  act  of  making  peaceful  or 
quiet;  rar'e  fy,  to  make  rare,  thin,  or  less  dense;  sanest!  fi  ea'- 
tion, act  of  making  pure;  ben'e  fit  ed  (note  that  the  final  t  is  not 
doubled  when  the  suffix  ed  is  added),  (made)  useful  to\  ter  rif 'ie, 
adapted  to  create  (or  make)  terror  or  dread;  sae'ri  fic(=z)^,  to 
make  an  offering  of — hence,  to  give  up  in  favor  of  a  higher  duty, 
of  fi'ci^iis,  meddlesome  (literally,  making  or  interposing  help); 
ar'ti  fi?^,  a  cunning  device  or  trick — originally,  the  art  of  making; 
eoun'ter  f^it,  to  imitate  with  a  view  to  deceiving — to  make  some- 
thing false;  ver^si  fi  ea'tion,  the  act  of  making  verses  or  poetry; 
pon'tif^,  originally,  to  make  a  bridge — the  Pope  of  the  Roman 
Catholic  Church;  sur'f^it,  literally,  to  make  over  or  in  excess — to 
eat  to  excess;  fe^'gi  bl^,  capable  of  being  made  or  done. 

Mark  the  first  five  words  of  the  lesson  for  pronunciation,  using 
the  dictionary,  and  find  their  meanings,  noting  any  changes  in 
meaning  that  may  have  taken  place. 


LESSON  213 

Words  Often  Confused. 


statue  statute 

culvert  culprit 

respectfully  respectively 

petition  partition 

track  tract 


pillow 

pillar 

illusion 

allusion 

accept 

except 

affect 

effect 

eminent 

imminent 

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123 


stat'u^,  a  sculptured  likeness  of  a  person  or  animal;  stat'ut^, 
a  law;  eul'vert,  a  small  bridge;  ^iirprit,  one  guilty  of  •  a 
crime  or  of  a  fault;  re  spee'tiv^  ly,  as  relating  to  each  other; 
re  spect'ful  ly,  with  respect;  pe  ti'tion,  a  request  or  entreaty; 
par  ti'tion,  that  which  divides  or  separates;  tra^k,  a  road;  tract, 
a  short  treatise,  especially  on  practical  religion;  pil'loV*  a  case 
filled  with  soft  material  to  support  the  head  of  a  person  when 
sleeping;  pil'lar,  a  column  or  post  used  as  a  support  or  for  pur- 
poses of  ornament;  il  lu'sion,  a  deceptive  appearance;  al  lu'sion, 
a  reference  to  something  supposed  to  be  known,  but  not  men- 
tioned directly;  ac  fept',  to  receive,  to  assent  to;  ex(=k)  gept',  to 
exclude,  to  omit;  af  feet',  to  influence,  to  act  on,  to  move;  ef  feet', 
to  bring  to  pass,  to  complete;  em'i  n<?nt,  famous,  well  known; 
im'mi  n^nt,  near  at  hand. 


LESSON  214 


Latin  Root /^;/^r^=  " to  place"  or  "put.' 


composite  component  postpone  opposite 

depot  apposition  expose  compositor 

deposition  decomposed  imposition  proposition 

compost  exposition  interpose  repose 

suppose  opponent  positive  superpose 

More  than  two  hundred  fifty  English  words  are  derived 
from  the  root  ponere.    The  forms  of  this  root  are:  pon,  pos, posit. 

com  p6§'it^,  made  up  of  parts;  de'po^  a  place  of  deposit  for 
the  storing  of  goods;  dep^o  §i'tion,  the  act  of  placing  or  of  laying 
or  throwing  down;  com'post,  a  mixture  for  placing  on  land  as  a 
fertilizer;  sup  po§^,  to  place  under,  to  substitute — to  imagine,  to 
believe;  com  po'n<?nt,  serving,  or  helping,  to  form;  ap^po  §i'tion, 


124 


MAYNE'S    SIGHT    SPELLER 


the  putting  of  things  side  by  side;  de^'eom  po§^d',  put  apart- 
separated  or  broken  up;  ex'^po  §i'tion,  placing  in  view — explana- 
tion; op  po'n^nt,  one  who  puts  himself  against— a  foe;  post  pon^', 
to  place  after — to  defer  or  delay;  ex  po§V,  to  place  out  in  view  — 
to  make  liable;  im^'po  §i'tion,  the  act  of  placing  or  laying  on — 
deceit,  fraud;  in^'ter  po§V»  to  place  between — to  interfere;  p6§'T- 
tiv^,  having  a  real  place  or  existence — definitely  laid  down, 
certain. 

Look  up  the  remaining  words,  marking  them  carefully  for 
pronunciation,  and  finding  the  definitions,  noting  any  changes 
in  meaning  that  may  have  occurred. 


LESSON  215 

Troublesome  Words. 


expense 

fulfill 

gasify 

offense 

indelible 

altogether 

pretence 

already 

deleble 

willful 

welfare 

lodgment 

excel 

defense 

gaseous 

abridgment 

excellent 

gassy 

judgment 

acknowledgment 

ex  pens^'  (be  careful  to  spell  the  second  syllable  with  an  ^); 
in  del'i  bl^  (place  but  one  /  in  this  word  and  in  deleble)\  del'e- 
bl^  (note  carefully  that  the  second  syllable  is  ^),  capable 
of  being  blotted  out  or  erased;  ex(=k)  pel"',  to  outdo  or 
outgo,  in  a  good  sense;  ex(=k)'9el  knt,  worthy,  superior  in  kind 
or  degree;  ful  fil\';  aKto  geth'er;  wiU'ful,  self-determined,  stub- 
born; de  fensV,  a  protection;  gas'sy;  gas'i  fy,  to  change  into  gas; 
pre  tencV,  show,  pretext;  wel'f^r^^,  well-doing  or  well-being  in 
any  respect;  gas'e  i^us,  in  the  formof  gas;  ju^g'm^nt,  intelligence, 
understanding.  Notice  that  the  final  ^  is  dropped  ivova  judge, 
lodge,  abridge,  and  acknowledge,  when  the  suffix  ment  is  added. 

Mark  the  remaining  words  for  pronunciation,  using  the  dic- 
tionary to  correct  your  work,  and  find  the  meanings  of  any  words 
.with  which  you  are  not  acquainted. 


MAYNE'S    SIGHT    SPELLER  125 

LESSON  216 

Words  with  and  without  the  Hyphen. 

headlong  •   dark-eyed       newspaper      half-witted 
snowflake    horseshoe         hardhearted    four-prong-ed 
two-edged  thick-headed  thunderbolt    double -jointed 
knee-deep   nowhere  far-fetched      outpour 

moreover     bridegroom     peace-maker  smooth-tongued 

Numbers  compounded  with  words  should  be  separated  frpm 
them  by  the  hyphen;  as,  orie-eyed,  two-dollar  bill^  etc.  Adjec- 
tives compounded,  as  light-haired^  good-looking,  etc.,  are  hyphen- 
ated. The  words  high  school,  when  used  alone,  should  not  be 
hyphenated,  but  when  used  adjectively,  as  high-school  boy,  the 
hyphen  should  be  used. 

he^d'long^,  hastily,  rashly;  snoV'flak^'^;  t^o'-e^g^d^;  f^neV- 
de^p'';  mor^  o'ver,  further;  dark'-^y^d^;  hors^sho^^;  thi^k'- 
he^d^'ed,  stupid;  no'wher^^;  brid^'groom'^,  a  man  newly  married, 
or  just  about  to  be  married;  ha\f'-wit^ted;  foi^r' -pronged''; 
d^ub'l^-joint^ed;  out'poiir^;  smooth- tong^^d,  flattering. 

Mark  the  words  in  the  third  column  diacritically,  using  the 
dictionary  to  find  whether  your  work  is  correct. 


LESSON  217 

Geography  of  Italy,  Greece  and  Turkey. 

Vesuvius        papacy  -^gean  Corinth 

j^tna  chestnuts        Olympus  Bosporus 

Apennines      macaroni         Parthenon       Ottoman 
Adriatic  peninsula         Crete  Dardanelles 

Sicily  gondola  citadel  Constantinople 

Ve  su'vi  us;  )^et'na;  ApVn  nin^§;  Ad^ri(=e)  at'ie  (sea  of 
Adrian,  or  Hadrian)',  Sig'i  ly  (from Latin ^rm<^,  cut  off,  because 
disjoined  from  Italy);  ]^e  ge'^n;  O  lym'pus;  CretV,  fit'a  d<?l, 
stronghold,  fortress;  Cor'inth;  Bos'po  riis  (from  Greek  words 
meaning  ox  ford,  because  lo,  changed  into  an  ox,  was  borne  over 
this  strait);  Ot'to  m^n  (from  the  name  of  a  sultan  who  assumed 
the  governi^ent  of  Turkey  about  the  year  1300— pertaining  to, 


126  MAYNE'S    SIGHT    SPELLER 

or  derived  from,  the  empire  of  Turkey);  Dar^d<a:  neH^§'  (from  the 
castles  on  its  banks  at  the  southwest  entrance,  called  the  Darda- 
nelles, that  on  the  Asiatic  side  being  near  the  site  of  Dardanus, 
an  ancient  town  built  by  Dardanus,  the  ancestor  of  Priam);  £6n- 
stan'^ti  no'pl^  {city  of  Constantme^  Roman  emperor). 

Look  up  the  words  in  the  second  column,  marking  them 
carefully  for  pronunciation,  and  find  the  definitions  of  those 
which  are  new  to  you. 


LESSON  218 

Bodily  Ailments. 
spasms  pimples  nervousness    apoplexy- 

tumor  freckles  congestion       asphyxia 

cancer  blotches  hysterics  carbuncles 

mania  biliousness      gangrene  ophthalmia 

itch  vertigo  salt-rheum      hydrophobia 

spa§m§;  tu'mor;  can'ger;  ma'ni  a;  i'tjch;  pim'pl^§;  fre€'kl^§; 
bl61t;ch'e§;  biri(=y)^us  nes^;  ver'ti  go,  dizziness,  or  swimming,  of 
the  head;  nerv'^iis  nes^;  eon  ges'tion,  overfullness  of  the  blood 
vessels  in  any  part  or  organ  of  the  body;  hys  ter'ics,  nervous 
fits;  gan'gren^,  destruction  of  the  vitality  of  the  soft  tissues  in 
any  stage;  salt^-rl^^um',  any  disease  of  the  eczema  sort. 

Place  diacritical  markings  upon  the  words  in  the  final  column, 
and  then,  with  the  aid  of  the  dictionary,  correct  your  work. 


LESSON  219 

Latin  Root  caput— ^'^  head,"  "  chief;  "  corpus— ^^  body." 
capital  captain  corpse  corporation 

precipice  chapter  corps  corpulence 

decapitate        cabbage  corset  corporal 

capitulate         precipitate      corpuscle         corporeal 
recapitulate     capable  incorporate     corpuscular 

eap'i  tal,  having  reference  to  the  loss  of  the  head  or  life — 
chief;  preg'i  pi?^,  originally,  a  sudden  or  headXow^  fall — a  cliff; 
de  eap'i  tat^,  to  cut  off  the  head  of;  ea  pit'u  lat^,  originally  to 
settle  or  draw  up  the  heads  or  terms  of  an  ag;reement,  as  in 


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chapters  or  articles — to  surrender  upon  terms  agreed  to;  re^ea- 
pit'u  lat^,  to  sum  up,  or  enumerate  by  heads  or  topics,  what  has 
been  previously  said;  €®rps^,  the  dead  body  of  a  human  being; 
€or^^,  a  body  of  men;  eor'set,  in  the  Middle  Ages,  a  gown  of 
which  the  body  was  close-fitting,  worn  by  both  men  and  women 
— an  article  of  dress  inclosing  the  chest  and  waist,  worn  to  sup- 
port the  body  or  change  its  shape;  eor'piis  fl^,  a  small  body— one 
of  the  small  animal  cells,  as  the  blood  corpuscles;  in  eor'po  rat^, 
not  having  a  material  body — to  form  into  a  body,  as  in  the  legal 
sense;  cor^po  ra'tion,  a  corporate  body  or  society  formed  and 
authorized  by  law  to  act  as  a  single  individual;  cor'pu  kn?^, 
fleshiness  of  the  body;  eor'po  r^l,  belonging  or  relating  to  the 
body;  cor  po're  a\  having  a  body,  bodily;  cor  pus'cu  lar,  pertain- 
ing to,  or  composed  of,  corpuscles. 

Mark  the  words  in  the  second  column  carefully  for  pronunci- 
ation, and  find  their  meanings,  noting  any  changes  that  have 
occurred  in  the  history  of  the  words. 


LESSON  220 

Dictation  Review.     (Sir  Walter  Scott.) 

"  Breathes  there  the  man  with  soul  so  dead, 
Who  never  to  himself  hath  said, 
This  is  my  own,  my  native  land? 
Whose  heart  hath  ne'er  within  him  burned 
As  home  his  footsteps  he  hath  turned; 
From  wandering  ow.  2^  foreign  strand? 
If  such  there  breathe,  go,  mark  him  well! 
For  him  no  mi7tstrel  raptures  swell; 
High  though  his  titles^  proud  his  name, 
Boundless  his  wealth  as  wish  can  claim; 
Despite  those  titles,  power,  and  pelf 
The  wretch  co7ice7itered  all  in  self. 
Living,  ^\\2iSS.  forfeit  fair  renown, 
And,  doubly  dyings  shall  go  down 
To  the  vile  dust  from  whence  he  sprung 
i/nweptf  unhonored^  and  unstmg,'" 


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LESSON  221 


Terminations  having  the  Sound  of 

"er." 

theater 

lucre 

zephyr 

martyr 

clamor 

castor 

traitor 

elixir 

acre 

meter 

sepulchre 

bachelor 

v-ulgar 

sponsor 

sulphur 

exchequer 

specter 

ske^wer 

massacre 

predecessor 

the'a  ter;  elam'or;  a'€re(=er);  viirgar;  spee'ter,  a  phantom  or 
ghost;  lu'€re(=er),  gain  in  money  or  goods — used  often  in  a  bad  ■ 
sense;  eas'tor;    me'ter,     rhythm— a  measure    of  length,    39.37  ] 
inches,  in  the  metric  system;  spon'sor,  one  who  binds  himself  : 
to  answer  for  another;  skew(=u)'er,  a  pointed  rod  of  wood  or  ; 
iron  for  fastening  meat  to  a  spit,  or  for  keeping  it  in  form  while 
roasting;  zeph'yr,    the  west  wind — poetically,    any  soft,   gentle 
breeze;  tractor,  one  who  betrays  any  confidence  or  trust;  sep'iil-  ; 
el^re(=er),  a  grave  or  tomb;  siirphur,  a  chemical  element — com-  ; 
mercially,  a  lemon-yellow  powder  (flowers  of  sulphur)  or  cast  ; 
sticks  (brimstone);  mas'sa  €re(=er),  butchery,  the  killing  of  a  ; 
considerable  number  of  human  beings  under  circumstances  of  i 
cruelty. 

Mark  the  remaining  words  for  pronunciation,  using  the  ■ 
dictionary,  and  find  the  meanings  of  those  with  which  you  are  ; 
not  familiar.  ; 


LESSON  222 

Latin  Root  dt^cere,  ** to  lead;"  dicere^  *'tosay." 

conduct  productive  dictate  interdict 

adduce  induce  dictator  contradiction 

conductor  ductile  diction  valedictory 

introduce  deducible  dictum  benediction 

educate  reduce  prediction  malediction 

con  duet',  to  lead,  or  guide;  ad  du?^'  to  lead  or  bring  forward, 
as  an  argument;  con  duc'tor,  one  who  leads— one  in  charge  of  a 
railroad  train  or  street  car;  in^tro  du9V>  to  lead  or  bring  in— to 


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lead  to  and  make  known  by  formal  announcement;  ed'u  eat^,  to 
lead  forth  or  bring  up  a  child — to  instruct,  to  teach;  die'tat^,  to 
say  to  another  what  he  shall  write — to  command;  die  ta'tor,  one 
who  dictates;  die'tion,  choice  of  words  for  speaking — style;  die'- 
tum,  a  short,  pithy,  instructive  saying ;  pre  die'tion,  the  act  of 
telling  beforehand;  in^'ter  diet',  that  which  is  said  between^  or 
interposed — a  prohibition;  eon^tra  die'tion,  that  which  is  spoken 
against — denial;  val'^e  die'to  ry,  a  saying  farewell — an  address 
spoken  at  commengement  in  American  colleges;  ben^'e  die'tion, 
the  act  of  saying  good  or  blessing — a  blessing;  maKe  die'tion,  the 
act  of  speaking  ill^2i  cursing. 

The  root  due  ere  has  the  following  forms  in  English  words: 
duCy  duett  and  ducat.  The  root  dicere  commonly  appears  in 
English  words  as  diet. 

Look  up  the  words  in  the  second  column,  marking  them  care- 
fully for  pronunciation,  and  find  their  meanings,  noting  changes 
that  have  occurred. 


LESSON  223 

Civil  Service  Test. 


ne"wspaper 

vehicle 

assign 

withhold 

exceed 

peaceable 

conceal 

diligent 

manual 

eager 

benefit 

offered 

eighth 

cellar 

awning 

station 

Wisconsin 

delicate 

forward 

minute 

The  above  is  a  sample  list  of  words  used  for  testing  the  ability 
to  spell  of  those  who  wish  positions  under  the  United  States 
Government.     These  words  are  for  the  second  grade. 

Newspaper:  A  printed  paper  that  gives  the  news.  Exceed: 
To  surpass  or  go  beyond;  as,  to  exceed  one's  authority.  Manual : 
Done  with  the  hands;  as,  manual  labor.  Eighth :  Next  in  order 
after  seventh.  Wisconsin  :  One  oi  the  United  States.  Vehicle : 
That  in  which  anything  may  be  carried.  Peaceable :  Gentle  or 
peaceful.  Eager:  Keenly  desirous;  as,  eager  to  go.  Cellar:  A 
storeroom  under  a  house.  Delicate:  Very  nice;  as,  a  delicate 
9 


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flower.  Assign:  To  set  apart;  as,  to  assign  to  duty-%  Conceal:] 
To  hide  or  secrete;  as,  to  conceal  valuables.  Benefit :  Advantage  j 
or  profit.  Awning:  A  cover  spread  for  shade.  Forward:  To1 
send  toward  a  destination;  as,  to  forward  mail.  Withhold:  To  ''_ 
hold  back;  as,  to  withhold  one's  pay.  Diligent:  Busy  or  active;  \ 
as,  a  diligent  clerk.  Offered:  Presented  for  acceptance  or! 
rejection.  Station :  A  stopping  place;  as,  a  railway  station,  i 
Minute  :    The  sixtieth  part  of  an  hour.  \ 

new(=u)§'pa^per;  ex(=k)  ge^d';  man'u  a\\  e5^1^t(+t)h;  Wis- 1 
con'sin;  as  si^n';  con  ge^l';  min'u(=i)t^;  ben'e  fit;  aVn'ing;  for'-  i 
wa(=e)rd;  with  hold';  dil'i  g^nt;  offered;  sta'tion.  \ 

Place  the  proper  diacritical  markings  upon  the  words  in  | 
column  two,  using  the  dictionary.  \ 


LESSON  224 

Latin  Kooi  pellere^   "to  drive"  or  "strike;" //^V^r^?,  "to  fold.' 


repulsion 

propulsion 

impulsive 

compulsion 

pelting 


expulsive 

propeller 

dispel 

repellent 

repulsive 


simplify 

multiplex 

deploy 

employer 

perplex 


implicit 
multiplication  j 
supplication     \ 
complexion       \ 
accomplice 


Forms  oipellere  in  English  are;  pel^  puls^  2in6.pelt,  Forms  of 
plicarein  English  are:  plic,  pli, ply ,  pie,  ploy ^  sindplex. 

re  pul'sion,  the  act  of  driving  back — a  feeling  of  disgust;  pro- 
piil'sion,  the  act  of  driving  forward  ox:  away;  im  pul'siv^,  having 
the  power  of  driving^  moving — moved  by  impulse;  com  pial'sion, 
the  act  of  driving  or  urging  by  force— constraint;  pelt'ing,  strik- 
ing with  something  thrown  or  drive7i ;  ex  pul'siv^,  having  the 
power  of  driving  out  or  away;  pro  pel'ler,  that  which  drives  for- 
ward—di^  the  contrivance  for  propelling  a  steam  vessel;  dis  pel', 
to  drive  away  by  scattering,  or  to  clear  away;  re  pel'  knt,  driv- 
ing back  ;  re  pul'siv^,  driving  back ;  sim'pli  fy,  to  make  simple; 
miirti  plex,  y^/^i?<f  many  times;  de  ploy',  to  unfold—io  spread  out 
(a  body  of  troops)  in  such  a  way  that  they  shall  display  a  wide 
front  and  less  depth;  em  ploy'er  (employ  originally  meant  to  in- 


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131 


fold  OX  inclose),  one  who  uses  the  services  of  another;  per  plex', 
to  puzzle,  confuse,  distract. 

Place  the  proper  diacritical  markings  upon  the  remaining 
words,  using  the  dictionary,  and  find  the  meanings  of  those  with 
which  you  are  not  familiar. 


LESSON  225 

Greek  Root  /(^^^=*' speech"  or  "science." 
"  doxolog'y  chronolog'y     dialogue  mytholog'y 

entomology     tautology        syllogism         ornithology 
pathology         logical  phrenology      zoological 

psychology      logician  logarithms      physiology 

analogy  genealogy       biology  monologue 

dox  61' 6  gy,  that  which  speaks  praise — a  hymn  expressing 
praise  and  honor  to  God;  en'^to  mol'o  gy,  the  science  which 
treats  of  insects;  pa  thol'o  gy,  the  science  which  treats  of  diseases; 
^sy  d^ol'o  gyj  the  science  of  the  human  soul;  a  nal'o  gy,  a  re- 
semblance of  relations  (similarity  in  speaking  or  signification) ; 
el^ro  nol'o  gy,  the  science  which  treats  of  measuring  time  by  reg- 
ular divisions  or  periods  and  which  gives  to  events  their  proper 
dates;  taiji  tol'o  gy,  speaking  in  excess  of  necessity — needless 
repetition  of  an  idea  in  different  words  or  phrases;  log'ie^l, 
according  to  the  rules  of  the  science  or  art  of  exact  reasoning; 
16  grci<3;n,  a  person  skilled  in  logic;  gen^e  al'o  gy,  an  account  or 
history  of  the  descent  of  a  person  or  family  from  an  ancestor; 
di'a  logi^^,  a  formal  conversation  between  two  or  more  persons  in 
plays;  syl'lo  gi§m,  the  regular  logical  form  of  every  argument^ 
consisting  of  three  propositions,  of  which  the  first  two  are  called 
the  premises,  and  the  last,  the  conclusion;  phre  nol'o  gy,  the 
science  of  the  functions  of  the  several  parts  of  the  brain;  log'a- 
rithm§,  a  system  of  numbers  to  shorten  arithmetical  calculations 
(proportion  of  numbers);  bi  ol'o  gy,  the  science  of  life. 

Mark  the  remaining  words  for  pronunciation,  using  the  dic- 
tionary, and  find  their  meanings.  Notice  the  correct  pronunci- 
ation of  the  first  syllable  of  zoological. 


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LESSON  226  j 

Words  Used  in  Business.  j 

concern  advertisement      allowance        attachment   ; 

O'wing'  compromise  assignee  coupon  j 

bargain  quotations  shipped  immediate      I 

settle«nent    lease  preferred  appraisal        | 

certificate      execution  expense  receiver  | 

eonfern';  oV'ing;  bar'g^i(=e)n;  set'tl^  m^nt;  fer  tif 'i  eat^;  i 
ad  ver'tig^  m^^nt;  eom'pro  mi§^,  a  settlement  by  mutual  consent  : 
reached  by  concessions  on  both  sides;  quo  ta'tions,  the  naming  i 
of  prices  on  commodities;  le^s^;  ex^e  cu'tion,  the  act  of  sign-  : 
ing,  sealing,  and  delivering  a  legal  instrument;  al  low'anp^,  a  \ 
deduction  from  the  regular  price;  as^s%  ne^\  a  person  appointed  i 
by  another  to  do  some  act,  perform  some  business,  or  enjoy  some  i 
right,  privilege,  or  property;  ship^^d(=t);  pre  feri^^d',  taking  pref-  , 
erence  over,  as  preferred  stock — stock  which  takes  a  dividend  ; 
before  other  capital  stock;  ex  pens^*  \ 

Look  up  the  words  in  the  final  column  in  the  dictionary,  | 
marking  them  carefully  for  pronunciation,  and  finding  the  mean-  ; 
ings  of  those  with  which  you  are  not  acquainted.  ! 


LESSON  227 

Russia,  Scandinavia,  Denmark. 


Czar 

copeck 

Stockholm 

Arctic 

Moscow 

verst 

Swedish 

Hammerfest 

Odessa 

rouble 

Christiania 

Copenhagen 

A  Rtrachan 

drosky 

Norwegian 

Cattegat 

censor 

steppe 

Maelstrom 

Skager  Rack 

Cjzar,  the  title  of  the  emperor  of  Russia;  Mos'eoV  (from  the 
River  Moskwa^  on  which  it  is  situated);  O  des's^s:  (said  to  be  from 
Odyssos^  or  Odyssora^  an  ancient  Greek  colony  in  the  neighbor- 


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hood);  As  tra  ch(=K)an'  (the  dominion  or  district  of  a  khan\  ac- 
cording to  some,  of  a  Tartar  king,  Astra  khan,  who  gave  it  his 
name);  gen'sor,  an  official  in  Russia  who  has  authority  to  exam- 
ine material  for  the  newspapers  and  forbid  publication  of  unde- 
sirable things;  eo'pe^k,  a  Russian  copper  coin;  verst,  a  Russian 
measure  of  length  containing  3500  English  feet;  roiji'bl^,  the 
Russian  coin  which  is  the  unit  of  its  system  of  money;  dros'ky, 
a  low,  four-wheeled  carriage  used  in  Russia;  step|^^,  one  of  the 
vast  plains  in  Southeastern  Europe  and  in  Asia;  Are'tie;  Ham'- 
m^r  fest;  €5^p<?n  ha'g^n;  €at'te  gat^;  SkagVr  Ra^k  (from  Gothic 
skaga,  an  isthmus,  promontory). 

Place  the  proper  diacritical  markings  on  the  words  in  the 
third  column  of  the  lesson.  Christiania  was  so  named  after 
Christian  IV.,  by  whom  it  was  rebuilt;  Maelstrom  is  a  celebrated 
whirlpool  on  the  coast  of  Norway. 


LESSON  228 

•  Amended  Spellings. 

though  tho  catalogue  catalog" 

although  altho  prologue  prolog 

through  thru  pedagogue  pedagog 

thorough  thoro  demagogue  demagog 

throughout  thruout  prograname  program 

The  tendency  of  EngHsh  spelHng  is  toward  simplification. 
Many  of  the  newspapers  and  magazines  use  the  simpler  forms 
of  the  words  given  in  the  above  list.  The  National  Educational 
Association  has  recommended  the  adoption  of  these  amended 
spellings,  together  with  decalog  and  thorofare.  Program  is  rec- 
ognized by  Webster's  International  Dictionary. 

thoi^fel^;  altho^fel^';  thro^feh;  thor'o^^I^;  thro^^I^  out';  cat'a- 
log^;  pro'logHj  the  introduction  to  a  poem  or  performance; 
ped'a  gog^^,  a  teacher;  dem'a  gog^^,  an  unprincipled  orator  or 


134  MAYNE'S    SIGHT   SPELLER  ! 

political  leader;  pro'grami^^,  a  brief  outline  of  the  order  of  exer-    j 
cises  in  a  public  entertainment.  i 


LESSON  229 

Greek  Roots:    graphein  {graph) ^  "to  write;" /a;^,  "all." 

lithograph      topography      orthography  panorama 
photograph    autograph         pantagraph    pancreas 
geography     typographical  pantheism       pantomime 
telegraphy      stenography    panegyric        pantheon 
biography       phonography  panacea  pandemonium 

You  will  find  the  prefixes  of  the  words  in  the  first  two  columns 
of  the  lesson  interesting. 

lith'6  graph,  a  print  made  by  the  process  of  putting  designs 
or  writing,  with  a  greasy  material,  on  stone;  pho'to  graph,  liter- 
ally, a  picture  written  by  the  light;  ge  og'ra  phy,  earth-writing— 
a  description  of  the  earth;  te  leg'ra  phy,  ata-distance  writing— 
the  art  of  communicating  by  means  of  the  telegraph;  bi  og'- 
ra phy,  life-writing — the  written  history  of  a  person's  life;  to  pog'- 
ra  phy,  place-writing — a  minute  scientific  description  of  any 
place  or  region;  a^'to  graph,  self-writing — a  person's  own  signa- 
ture or  handwriting;  ty'^po  graph 'i  c^l  (from  typography,  writing 
by  type),  pertaining  to  printing;  ste  nog'ra  phy,  literally,  close 
writing— hence ^  brief  writing — shorthand;  pho  nog'ra  phy,  sound- 
writing — shorthand — also,  the  art  of  constructing  or  using  the 
phonograph;  or  thog'ra  phy;  right  or  correct  writing— covveei 
spelling;  pan'ta  graph,  writing  all  (literally)  — an  instrument  for 
copying  plans,  maps,  and  other  drawings  on  the  same,  or  on  a 
reduced  or  enlarged,  scale;  pan'the  i§m,  God  in  all— the  belief 
that  the  universe  as  a  unit  is  God;  pan^e  gyr'ie,  literally,  an 
assembly  of  all  the  people— containing  praise;  pan^a  ^e'a,  all- 
healing— di.  cure-all. 

Look  up  the  remaining  words  of  the  lesson  in  the  diction- 
ary, marking  them  for  pronunciation,  and  find  their  definitions, 
noting  any  historical  changes  in  meaning  that  may  have  oc- 
curred. 


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LESSON  230 

Dictation  Review.     (Thomas  Gray.) 

"  The  curfew  tolls  the  knell  oi  parting  day, 
The  lowing  he7-d  winds  slowly  o'er  the  lea, 
The  plowman  homeward  plods  his  weary  way, 
And  leaves  the  world  to  darkness  and  to  me. 

*'  Let  not  ambition  mock  their  useful  toil, 
Their  homely  joys  and  destiny  obscure  ; 
Nor  grandeur  hear  with  a  disdainful  smile 
The  short  and  simple  annals  of  the  poor. 

"  The  boast  of  heraldry^  the  pomp  of  power, 

And  all  that  beauty,  all  that  wealth  e'er  gave, 
Await  alike  the  inevitable  hour: — 
The  paths  of  glory  lead  but  to  the  grave. 

*'  Full  many  a  gem,  oi  purest  ray  serene^ 

The  dark^  unfatho7ned  0,2:^^^  or  ocean  bear; 
Full  many  a  flower  is  born  to  blush  unseen,    , 
And  waste  its  sweetness  on  the  desert  air.'* 


LESSON  231 

Grammatical  Terms. 


compleraent  auxiliary- 
transitive  incomplete 
conjug'ate  synopsis 
participle  principal 
infinitive  attribute 


indicative  emphatic 
subjunctive  prog'ressive 
potential  paradigm 
imperative  primary- 
gerund  secondary 


com'ple  m<?nt;  tran'si  tiv^;  con'ju  gat^;  par'ti  91  pl^;  in  fin'i- 
tiv^;  ai^x  iri(=y)a  ry;  m'^eom  plet^';  syn  op'sis,  an  abridgment, 
or  sum-mary,  as  of  a  conjugation;  prin'91  p<2l;  at'tri  but^;  in  dic'a- 
tiv^;  sub  junc'tiv^;  p6  ten'ti^l;  im  per'a  tiv^;  ger'und. 

Mark  the  words  in  the  final  column  diacritically,  correcting 
your  work  with  the  aid  of  the^dictionary. 


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calyx 

pistil 

corolla 

stig-ma 

sepal 

ovary- 

petal 

annuals 

pollen 

biennials 

LESSON  232 

Words  Used  in  Nature  Lessons. 

perennial  herbaceous 

tuber  tendrils 

anther  legume 

solitary  cotyledon 

axillary  chlorophyll 

pis 'til,  the  seed-bearing  organ  of  a  flower;  stig'ma,  that  part 
of  a  pistil  fitted  to  receive  the  pollen;  o'va  ry,  that  part  of  the 
pistil  which  contains  the  seed,  and,  in  most  flowering  plants, 
develops  into  the  fruit;  SLu'ku.  <^1§,  plants  which  grow  only  one 
season;  bi  en'ni  ^1§,  plants  which  continue  for  two  years  and 
then  perish;  per  en'ni  ^1,  a  plant  which  continues  more  than  two 
years;  tii'ber,  a  fleshy,  rounded  stem  or  root;  an'ther,  that  part 
of  the  stamen  containing  the  pollen;  sol'i  ta  ry,  not  associated 
with  other  plants  of  the  same  kind;  ax'il  la  ry,  situated  in,  or 
rising  from,  an  axil,  or  the  angle  between  the  upper  side  of  a 
branch  and  the  branch  from  which  it  springs;  her  ba'ce(=sh)^us, 
having  the  nature  or  characteristics  of  an  herb;  ten'dril§;  le  gum^, 
a  pod  which  is  divisible  into  two  pieces,  with  seeds  attached,  as 
in  the  pea  pod;  eot^y  le'don,  a  seed  leaf;  cl^lo'ro  phyH  (note  the 
two  /'s  at  the  end  of  the  word),  a  green  granular  matter  formed 
in  the  cells  of  the  leaves  (and  other  parts  exposed  to  light)  of 
plants,  to  which  they  owe  their  green  color,  and  through  which 
the  plants  receive  their  food. 

Look  up  the  first  five  words  of  the  lesson,  finding  their  defini- 
tions, and  mark  them  carefully  for  pronunciation. 


Peking 
Shanghai 
Hoang-Ho 
Yang-tse 


LESSON  233 

Geography  of  Asia. 
Bang"kok  Ceylon 

Singapore        Ganges 
Malacca  Delhi 


Benares 

monsoon 

mausoleum 


Siamese 


Brahmaputra     bungalow 


Hong  Kong      Burmese 


Himalaya 


pariah 


Pe'king/,    Shang^ha'i;    Ho  kug'-Uo';   Yang'-ts(=z)e;   Hong^ 


MAYNFS   SIGHT   SPELLER  137 

Kong'  (a  corruption  of  Chinese  heang-keang,  valley  of  fragrant 
waters);  Bang ^kok';  Sin^'g^^:  por^  {city  of  lions)\  M<3j  lae'e^;  Sl^a- 
me§V>  Bur'^me§V;  Qe^  Ion'  (from  Portuguese  Selen^  or  Ceilao^  a 
corruption  of  a  word  meaning  the  island  of  the  lions)\  Gan'ge§ 
(Hindoo  for  great  river);  Derhi  (Hindoo  ion  quicksand);  Bral^^- 
m.a  pu'tr^;  Him  a'l^  ya  (often  pronounced  Him  a  la'ya). 

Mark  the  remaining  words  for  pronunciation,  using  the  dic- 
tionary, and  find  the  meanings  of  those  with  which  you  are 
not  famihar. 


LESSON  234 

Geography  of  Asia  (continued). 

Tokio  Manchuria        Beloochistan  Confucius 

Yokohama       Korea  Teheran  Buddhists 

Mikado  Seoul  Iran  Brahmanists 

jinrikisha  Tibet  Mecca  Bedouin 

Vladivostok    Afghanistan     Mohammed     Irkutsk 

Man  chu'ri(=<?)  a\  Ko  xe'a  (from  the  Japanese  Ko-rai,  kori)\ 
Se(=a)  oi^Ll';  Ti  bet'  (or  Tib'et);  Af  gl^an^is  tan'  (the  country  of 
the  Afghans);  Bel  oo^chis  tan';  T^h^ran';  I'^ran';  Mec'c^;  Mo- 
ham'm^d,  Arabian  prophet,  founder  of  the  Mohammedan  reli- 
gion; Con  fu'9(+h)i  us  {Reverend  Master  Kung)^  Chinese  philos- 
opher and  founder  of  Confucianism;  Buddh'ists,  those  who  accept 
the  teachings  of  Buddhism;  Bral^'m<3;n  ists,  followers  of  the 
religion  of  the  Brahmans;  Bed'ois;i  in,  one  of  the  wandering  Arab 
tribes  who  live  in  tents,  and  are  scattered  over  Arabia,  Syria,  and 
Northern  Africa,  especially  in  the  deserts;  Ir  kutsk'. 

Look  up  the  first  five  words  of  the  lesson,  marking  them  care- 
fully for  pronunciation,  and  find  the  meaning  oi  jinrikisha. 


LESSON  235 

Proper  Names  from  the  Bible. 

Jerusalem         Galilee  Satan  Baal 

Damascus         Chaldeans       Enoch  Canaan 

Smyrna  Abraham         Ezekiel  Capernaum 

Euphrates         Isaac  Gennesaret  Cyprus 

Tigris  Sabbath  Aaron  Gethsemane 


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MAYNE'S    SIGHT    SPELLER 


]e  tu'sa  lem  (Hebrew,  /lOuse  or  habitation  of  peace)\  Da  mas'- 
eus  {industry,  or  busy place)\  Smyr'n^  (supposed  to  be  from  a 
Greek  word  meaning  myrrh,  for  which  it  was  formerly  cele- 
brated); ]|u  phra'te§  {good  river)\  Tl'gris;  Sa't^n  {adversary)-, 
E'nocI^  {consecrated)',  E  ze'ki  <?1  {strength  of  God,  or  God  will 
stre7tgthen)',  Gen  nes'a  ret  {a  lyre)',  \^v'bn  {lofty ,  enlightened)', 
BaJal  {lord,  master);  Ca'n^^n  {lowland);  €a  per'na  um  {village 
of  Nahum);  Qy'prus;  Geth  sem'a  ne  {oil press). 

Mark  the  words  in  the  second  column  for  pronunciation. 
Galilee  means  <r2>^2///;  Abraham, /«//^(?r  ^/ ^  multitude  of  people 
ox  peoples',  Isaac  signifies  laughter. 


LESSON  236 

Words  from  the  Bible. 


Gomorrah 

Goliath 

Hannah 

Jeremiah 

Isaiah 


Iscariot 

Magdalene 

Manasseh 

Methuselah 

Michael 


Mordecai 

Tubal-cain 

Shiloh 

Philippians 

Ephesians 


hallelujah 

mianna 

epistle 

Thessalonians 

Pentateuch 


Go  m6v'v2}\  {submersion  or  woodland)'.  Go  li'<2th  {expeller)', 
Han'nal^  {grace sprayer)',  Jer  e  mi'al^  {exalted by  G^^^);  I  §a'i(=y)al^ 
{salvation  of  Jehovah)',  Is  car'i  6t  {man  of  Kerioth);  Mag^'da  le'ne 
(native  of  Magdala[=tower]);  Ma  nks,' se\{ forgetting  ov?7taking  to 
forget);  Me  thu's^  lal^  {man  of  offspring);  MM £^e\  {who  is  as,  or 
like,  God?);  haKle  lu'j(=y)al^  {praise  ye  Jehovah);  man'na,  the 
food  supplied  to  the  Israelites  in  their  journey  through  the  wil- 
derness of  Arabia;  e  pis'y^,  one  of  the  letters  in  the  New  Testa- 
ment which  were  directed  to  their  Christian  brethren  by  the 
Apostles  (never  confuse  the  words  epistle  and  apostle);  Thes'^sa- 
lo'  ni  ^n§;  Pen'ta  t^uel^  {five  books),  the  first  five  books  of  the  Old 
Testament  collectively. 

Place  the  proper  diacritical  markings  upon  the  words  in  the 
third  column.  The  word  Philippians  means  inhabitants  of 
Philippi,  and  is  in  no  way  related  to  the  Philippine  Islands, 


MAYNE'S   SIGHT   SPELLER 


139 


LESSON  237 

Geography  of  Africa. 


Boer 

Abyssinia       Cairo 

Tanganyika 

Egyptian 

Morocco           Pretoria 

Nyassa 

Soudan 

Tripoli               Johannesburg 

Sierra  Leone 

Sahara 

Madagascar   Kilima-Njaro 

Kongo 

Algeria 

Mozambique  Nyanza 

Suez 

Bo^r,  a  colonist  or  farmer  in  South  Africa  of  Dutch  descent; 
E  gyp'ti^n;^So^^dan'  {the  land  of  the  blacks);  Sa  hdJva  (Arabian, 
a  deserty;  Al  ge'ri  a;  Ab'yg  sin'i  a  (Arabian,  a  mixed  race  or 
people);  Mo  roe'co;  Trip'^  li;  WaA^a  gas'€<3:r;  Mo  zava  biq(=k)^^' 
(from  its  native  name  Masambeek^  or  Mazambeek)\  C^i'ro  (from  an 
Arabian  word  meaning  "the  victorious")  (Cairo  in  the  United 
States  [Illinois]  is  pronounced  with  the  long  sound  of  a)\  Pre- 
t6r'i(=e)^;  J(=y)o  han'nesburg;  KiKi(=e)-man'^jar5';  Ny  an'z^. 

Look  the  remaining  words  up  in  the  Pronouncing  Gazetteer  of 
the  dictionary,  and  mark  them  carefully  for  pronunciation. 


LESSON  238 

Some  Recent  Inventions. 


telephone 

microphone 

phonograph 

graphophone 

receiver 

transmitter 


automobile 
bicycle 
motorcycle 
selfbinder 
Nernst  light 


electric  meter 
wireless  telegraph 
cyclometer 
gatling  gun 
gas  engine 


automatic  venders    incubator 


tel'e  phon^  {sound  at  a  distance^  literally);  mi'ero  phon^  {s7?tall 
sound  or  voice) ^  an  instrument  for  intensifying  and  making  aud- 
ible very  feeble  sounds;  pho'no  graph  (that  which  writes  sounds); 
graph'6  phonV?  re  fe^v'er,  that  part  of  a  telephone  apparatus  at 
which  the  message  is  received  and  made  audible;  trans  mit'ter, 


140  MAYNFS    SIGHT    SPELLER 

that  portion  of  a  telegraphic  or  telephonic  instrument  by  means 
of  which  a  message  is  sent;  a^'^to  mo'bil^  {that  which  moves  of 
itself )\  bi'fy  cl^;  mo'tor  py'^el^;  self  bind' er,  a  machine  which 
binds  automatically;  Nernst  li^l^t,  a  recent  lamp  for  illumination; 
ai^^to  mat'ie  vend'er§;  e  lee'trie  me'ter,  an  instrument  for  measur- 
ing the  amount  of  electricity  consumed;  wir^'les^  te  leg'ra  phy, 
a  system  of  telegraphy  without  wires;  ^y  elom'e  ter,  an  instru- 
ment for  registering  distances  traveled,  as  upon  a  bicycle. 

Look  up  the  remaining  words,  mark  them  for  pronunciation, 
and  find  their  meanings.  The  gatling  gun  received  its  name 
from  the  inventor,  R.  J.  Gatling. 


LESSON  239 

In  Mythology. 


griffln  argonauts  Achilles  -ffiolus 

ambrosia  harpies  Adonis  Ceres 

Sphinx  centaurs  JEneas  Cyclops 

Hyperion  phoenix  Scylla  Hesperides 

Psyche  Bacchus  Charybdis  naiades 

ar'go  na^ts,  any  one  of  the  legendary  Greek  heroes  who 
sailed  to  Colchis  with  Jason,  in  the  Argo,  in  search  of  the  Golden 
Fleece;  har'pi^§,  fabulous  winged  monsters,  ravenous  and  filthy, 
having  the  faces  of  women  and  the  bodies  of  vultures,  with 
long  claws  and  faces  pale  with  hunger;  9en'tai^r§,  fabulous  beings, 
represented  as  half  man  and  half  horse;  ph^e'nix,  a  bird  fabled 
to  exist  single,  to  be  consumed  by  fire  by  its  own  act,  and  to  rise 
again  from  its  ashes — hence,  an  emblem  of  immortality;  Bac'- 
cl^iis,  the  god  of  wine;  A  d^il'leg,  the  hero  of  Homer's  Iliad : 
A  do'nis,  a  beautiful  boy  loved  by  Venus;  ^e  ne'<3;s,  the  hero  of 
Virgil's  j^Eneid ;  S^yl'la  (a  dangerous  rock  on  the  Italian  coast), 
fabled  to  be  a  sea  nymph  changed  by  Circe  into  a  monster  en- 
circled by  barking  dogs;  €l^a  ryb'dis  (a  dangerous  whirlpool  on 
the  coast  of  Sicily  opposite  Scylla  on  the  Italian  coast),  personi- 


MAYNE'S    SIGHT    SPELLER  141 

fied  as  a  female  monster  (the  passage  between  Scylla  and 
Charybdis  was  formerly  considered  perilous — hence  the  saying 
"Between  Scylla  and  Charybdis,"  signifying  a  great  peril  on 
either  hand);  )^e'6  lus,  the  god  of  the  winds;  f  e're§,  the  goddess 
of  corn  and  tillage;  fy 'clops  (this  word  has  the  same  form  for 
the  singular  and  plural),  one  of  a  race  of  giants,  having  but  one 
eye,  and  that  in  the  middle  of  the  forehead;  Hes  per'i  de§,  the 
daughters  of  Hesperus,  or  Night,  and  fabled  possessors  of  a 
garden  producing  golden  apples— also,  the  garden  said  to  pro- 
duce the  golden  apples;  na'i(=y)ad  e§,  water  nymphs. 

Look  up  the  words  in  the  first  column  in  a  similar  manner, 
marking  them  diacritically,  and  find  their  signification  in  myth- 
ology. 


LESSON  240 

Dictation  Review.     (William  Shakespeare.) 

*'  The  better  part  of  valor  is  discretion^ 

"  Corruption  wins  not  more  than  honesty." 

"  For 'tis  the  mind  that  makes  the  body  rich; 
And  as  the  sun  breaks  through  the  darkest  clouds 
So  honox peereth  in  the  meanest  habit." 

"  There  is  a  tide  in  the  affairs  of  men, 
Which,  taken  at  the  flood,  leads  on  to  fortune  ; 
Omitted,  all  the  voyage  of  their  Hfe 
Is  bound  in  shallows  and  in  miseries^ 

"  Sweet  are  the  uses  of  adversity, 
Which,  like  the  toad,  ugly  and  venomous, 
Wears  yet  2^  precious  jewel 'wi  his  head; 
And  this  our  life,  exempt  from  public  haunt, 
Finds  tongues  in  trees,  books  in  running  brooks. 
Sermons  in  stones,  and  good  in  everything." 


EIGHTH  GRADE 


LESSON  241 

Review  of  Rules  of  Spelling. 

Rule  I. — Most  nouns  form  their  plurals  by  adding  **  s  "  to  the 
singular,  but  '*  es  "  is  added  when  the  word  is  easier  to  pronounce 
than  it  would  be  with  "s." 


wagon 

wagons 

accident 

accidents 

axiom 

axioms 

myriad 

myriads 

defense 

defenses 

annex 

annexes 

incident 

incidents 

glimpse 

glimpses 

privilege 

privileges 

labyrinth 

labyrinths 

absence 

absences 

bureau 

bureaus 

village 

villages 

instance 

instances 

particle 

particles 

gas 

gases 

textile 

textiles 

speech 

speeches 

whoop 

whoops 

column 

columns 

wag'on  (be  careful  to  spell  with  one  g)\  ax'i  6m,  a  self-evi- 
dent truth;  defens^;  in'91  d^nt;  priv'ileg^;  ab's^n?^;  vil'lag^; 
par'ti  €%  tex'til^;  Vlioop;  ae'gi  d<?nt;  myr'i^d;  an'nex;  glim^s^; 
lab'y  rinth,  windings,  confusion;  bu'reau(=6);  in  st^n?^;  gas; 
speech;  eol'umijL  (be  sure  to  pronounce  the  second  syllable 
*'um"). 


LESSON  242 

Review  of  Rules  of  Spelling. 

Rule  2. —  Nouns  ending  in  *'y"  preceded  by  a  consonant 
usually  change  *'y"  to  "i"  before  adding  "es"  to  form  the 
plural. 

142 


MAYNE'S    SIGHT    SPELLER 


143 


Rule  J, — Some  nouns  ending  in  "  f  "  or  "  fe ' 
to  "  V  "  before  adding  * '  s  "  or  "  es. " 


ally- 
supply 
monarchy 
enemy 
facility 
century 
vanity 
prodigy 
apology 
folly 


allies 

supplies 

monarchies 

enemies 

facilities 

centuries 

vanities 

prodigies 

apologies 

follies 


dynasty 

entry 

fallacy 

economy 

soliloquy 

library 

prophecy 

cruelty 

comedy 

tragedy 


change  the  "f  " 

dynasties 

entries 

fallacies 

economies 

soliloquies 

libraries 

prophecies 

cruelties 

comedies 

tragedies 


al  ly';  al  li^§',  sup  ply';  siip  pli^§';  mon'arel^  ^\  mon'arel^  %; 
en'e  my;  en'e  mi^§;  fa  fil'i  ty;  fa  fil'i  ti^§;  gen'tu  ry;  gen'tu  ri^§; 
van 'I  ty;  van'i  ti^§;  prod'i  gy;  prod'i  gi^§;  a  pol'o  gy;  a  pol'o  gi^§; 
fol'ly;  f6rii^§. 

Mark  the  words  in  the  third  and  fourth  columns  similarly, 
and  find  the  definitions  of  any  words  whose  meanings  you  do  not 
know. 


LESSON  243 

Plurals  not  formed  according  to  Rule. 

focus  foci  vertex  vertices 

basis  bases  axis  axes 

analysis  analyses  synopsis  synopses 

crisis  crises  automaton  automata 

phenomenon  phenomena  nucleus  nuclei 

fo'cus,  a  central  point;  fo'gi;  ba'sis;  ba'se§;  a  nal'y  sis;  a  nal'- 
y  se§;  eri'sis,  the  decisive  moment,  the  turning  point;  €ri'se§; 
phe  nom'e  n5n,  that  which  is  apparent  to  observation — an  extra- 
ordinary or  very  remarkable  person,  thing,  or  occurrence;  phe- 
nom'e  na;  ver'tex,  top,  summit;  ver'ti  9e§;  ax'is;  ax'e§. 

Mark  the  singular  and  plural  forms  of  the  three  remaining 
words  for  pronunciation,  and  find  their  meanings. 


144  MAYNE'S   SIGHT   SPELLER 

LESSON  244 

Electrical  Terms. 


volt 

battery 

dynamo 

cell 

ampere 

motor 

commutator 

meter 

ohm 

galvanometer 

circuit 

alternator 

resistance 

insulator 

conductor 

condenser 

electricity- 

armature 

induction 

incandescence 

bat'ter  y,  an  apparatus  for  generating  a  current  of  electricity; 
mo 'tor,  a  machine  for  converting  electricity  into  power;  gaKva- 
nom'e  ter,  an  instrument  for  measuring  the  intensity  of  an  elec- 
tric current;  in'su  la'^tor,  a  body  that  prevents  the  transfer  of 
electricity  from  bodies  by  the  introduction  of  non-conductors; 
ar'ma  tur^,  a  piece  of  iron  used  to  connect  the  poles  of  a  magnet; 
dy'na  mo,  a  machine  for  generating  an  electric  current;  com'mu- 
ta^'tor,  a  piece  of  apparatus  used  for  reversing  the  direction  of 
an  electrical  current;  ^ir'eHt,  the  course  of  the  electricity 
between  the  two  poles  of  a  battery  or  electrical  machine; 
eon  diic'tor,  a  substance  capable  of  transmitting  an  electric 
current;  in  due'tion,  the  property  by  which  one  electrified 
body  causes  or  induces  electricity  in  another  body  without 
direct  contact;  ge\\i  ajar  or  vessel  for  holding  the  exciting  fluid  of 
a  battery;  me'ter,  an  instrument  for  measuring  the  quantity  of 
electricity  consumed;  al'ter  na^'tor,  a  device  for  causing  the 
current  to  alternate;  con  den'ser,  an  instrument  for  concentrat- 
ing electricity;  in'^eandes'f^nf^,  the  glowing  whiteness  of  a 
conductor  of  great  resistance  caused  by  the  passage  of  an  electric 
current  through  it. 

Look  up  the  five  words  in  the  first  column,  marking  them  for 
pronunciation,  and  finding  their  definitions.  The  ampere  received 
its  name  from  the  French  physicist  Ampere.  Electricity  is 
derived  from  a  word  meaning  amber,  so  named  because  easily 
produced  by  the  friction  of  that  substance. 


MAYNE'S   SIGHT   SPELLER 


145 


LESSON  245 

From  a  Menu  Card. 
croquette  soup  biscuit  mushroora 

poached  entremets       cheese  piccalilli 

shirred  macaroni         consomme        vanilla 

vermicelli         cho-wder  lettuce  pickles 

salad  dessert  roquefort         ragout 

ero  q(=k)i^etl^^,  a  ball  of  minced  meat,  fowl,  rice,  or  other 
ingredients,  highly  seasoned  and  fried;  po^ch^d(=t),  cooked,  as 
eggs,  by  breaking  them  in  boiling  water;  shiri^^d,  broken  in  an 
earthen  dish  and  baked  over  the  fire,  as  eggs;  ver''mi(=e)  fel'li 
(from  an  Italian  word  meaning  a  "little  worm,")  the  flour  of  a 
hard,  small-grained  wheat  made  into  dough  and  forced  through 
small  cylinders  or  pipes  till  it  takes  a  slender,  worm-like  form; 
sal'^d;  so^p;  e(=a)N^tr<?  me(=a)W  (between  dishes),  a  dainty 
dish  usually  eaten  after  the  principal  dish;  mac^a  ro'ni,  the 
same  as  vermicelli,  except  that  the  paste  is  forced  through 
larger  tubes;  chow'der,  a  dish  made  of  fresh  fish  or  clams, 
biscuit,  onions,  etc.,  stirred  together;  de§  §ert' (note  that  there 
are  two  ^'s),  pastry,  fruits,  etc.,  forming  the  last  course  at  dinner; 
mush'  room§  (from  a  French  word  for  moss,  because  they  grow 
on  it),  toadstools  that  'may  be  eaten;  pie'ea  liKli,  a  pickle  of 
various  vegetables  highly  spiced;  va  nil'la,  a  flavoring  extract; 
pi€'k%;  ra  goi^Vj  ^  <^ish  made  of  pieces  of  meat  stewed  and 
highly  seasoned. 

Look  up  the  words  in  the  third  column  in  the  dictionary, 
mark  them  diacritically,  and  find  the  meanings  of  "consomme" 
and  "roquefort." 


LESSON  246 

Words  Often  Confused. 

liniment  lineament  immigration  emigration 

prophecy  prophesy  eruption  irruption 

palate  palette  lightning  lightening 

presentment  presentiment  descent  dissent 

precede  proceed  disease  decease 
10 


146  MAYNE'S    SIGHT    SPELLER  j 

lin'i  m^nt,  a  medicinal  ointment;  Im'e  a  m^nt,  a  feature  of  the  ] 
body  or  face;  proph'e  gy,  a  foretelling  (noun);  proph'e  sy,  to  fore-  \ 
tell  (verb);  pal'at^,  the  roof  of  the  mouth;  pal'et't;^,  a  thin  oval  or  i 
square  board,  with  a  thumb  hole  at  one  end  for  holding  it,  on  j 
which  a  painter  lays  and  mixes  his  paints;  pre  §ent'm^nt,  the  act  | 
of  presenting;  pre  sen'ti  m^nt,  foreboding;  pre  ged^',  to  go  before  j 
in  place,  rank,  or  importance;  pro  fe^d',  to  move,  pass,  or  go  \ 
forward  or  onward;  im^mi  gra'tion,  the  coming  into  a  country  for  I 
the  purpose  of  permanent  residence;  em^i  gra'tion,  the  going  out  \ 
ofdi.  country  for  the  purpose  of  taking  up  permanent  residence  in  i 
another;  e  rup'tion,  the  act  of  breaking  out  or  hmsiing  forth  ; 
ir  rup'tion,  a  bursting  in — a  sudden,  violent  rushing  into  a  place. 

Proceed  similarly  with  the  three  pairs  of  words  remaining;  j 
make  the  distinctions  clear  by  using  the  words  in  sentences.  | 


LESSON  247  I 

Prefix/anj;=" beside"  or  "against;"  ^^///=  "equal."  | 

parallel  parasite  equinox  equivalent     | 

parallelogram  paralysis  equivalue  equilateral     j 

parallax  paradox  equivocate  equiangular  \ 

paralyze  paragraph  equable  equivocal       \ 

paraphrase  parenthesis  equipoise  equator           ] 

par'^1  lei,  beside  one  anot/ter—like^  similar;  ipa-V^al  lel'o  gram,  i 
a  right-lined,  four-5/<^/?^  figure  whose  opposite  sides  are  parallel  I 
and  therefore  equal  {parallel  writings  literally);  par'^1  lax  (/^' j 
change  beside  or  beyond)^  the  apparent  displacement  or  difference  | 
of  position  of  an  object,  as  seen  from  two  different  points  of  | 
view;  par 'a  lyz^  {to  loosen  beside — disable  at  the  side),  to  affect  \ 
with  paralysis,  or  the  loss  of  the  power  of  voluntary  motion— to  | 
make  ineffective;  par 'a  phra§^  {to  speak  beside — to  say  the  same  j 
thing  in  other  words),  a  free  translation  or  rendering;  par'a  sit^  \ 
{o7ie  who  feeds  on  the  wheat,  grain  or  food  beside^  or  at,  the  table  k 
of  another),  a  hanger-on;  pa  ral'y  sis  {see paraly ze)\  par'a  dox  {to  \ 
think,  suppose,  or  imagine^  beside,  beyond,  or  contrary  to),  an  1 
assertion  or  sentiment  which  appears  to  be  opposed  to  common  ; 


MAYNE'S    SIGHT    SPELLER  147 

sense,  but  yet  may  be  true;  par'a  graph  (/<?  write  beside— 2l  line 
or  stroke  drawn  in  the  margin),  a  distinct  part  of  a  piece  of  wri- 
ting; pa  ren'the  sis  {to  put  or  place  beside — to  put  in  beside y  to 
insert),  a  word,  phrase,  or  sentence  (usually  inclosed  within 
curved  lines)  by  way  of  comment  or  explanation,  inserted  in,  or 
attached  to,  a  sentence  which  would  be  grammatically  complete 
without  it;  e'quinox  {equal  nights)^  the  time  when  the  sun  enters 
one  of  the  periods  of  equal  days  and  nights;  e^qui  val'u^,  to  put 
an  equal  value  upon;  e  quiv'6  eat^  {to  be  called  by  the  same  name), 
to  use  words  of  doubtful  meaning — to  use  expressions  which  may 
mean  different  things,  with  a  view  to  deceive  or  mislead;  e'qua  bl^ 
{even,  equal)^  equal  and  uniform — not  changing;  e'qui  poi§^ 
{equal poise) y  state  of  being  equally  balanced. 

Treat  the  words  in  the  last  column  in  a  similar  manner,  mark- 
ing them  for  pronunciation,  and  find  their  meanings,  noting  any 
changes  that  have  occurred. 


LESSON  248 

**ance,"  *'ants,"  "ence,"  "ents." 

assistance  attendance  dependence  acquaintance 

patience  evidence  dependents  reference 

attendants  adherents  remembrance  endurance 

confidence  assistants  subsistence  indulgence 

adherence  expedience  preference  annoyance 

'The  suffixes  ance  and  ence^=the  act  ofov  the  state  of;  ants  and 
ents=^they  who. 

at  ten'd^^nfV?  ev'i  d^n?^;  ad  herVnts,  followers,  supporters; 
as  sist'^nfV?  ^x  pe'di  ^ng^,  fitness  or  suitableness  to  effect  a  pur- 
pose intended;  de  pendVn?^;  de  pendVnts,  those  who  depend — 
those  who  rely  upon  others  for  support  or  favor;  re  mem'br^n?^ 
(notice  the  spelling  of  the  last  syllable),  the  act  of  holding  in  mind 
— something  remembered;  sub  sistVn?^,  livelihood;  prefer  ^ng^, 
higher  estimation,  choice;  ac  quaint '<3:ng^;  refer  ^ng^;  en  dur'- 
an9^;  in  dul'g^nf^,  the  act  of  humoring  or  favoring;  an  noy'an^^. 


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MAYNE'S   SIGHT   SPELLER 


Mark  the  words  in  the  first  column  for  pronunciation,  cor- 1 
recting  your  work  with  the  aid  of  the  dictionary,  and  find  the  i 
meanings  of  those  with  which  you  are  not  acquainted.  ) 


tyranny 

prejudice 

innocence 

alimony 

contemptible 


LESSON   249 

Troublesome  Words. 

statue  efflgy 

strategy  precedence 

villainy  liquefy 

suflBLciency  vilify 

chieftain  rarefy 


constancy 

mystify 

putrefy 

propitiate 

superfluous 


tyr'^n  ny;  prej'u  di?^,  bias  in  opinion  or  judgment;  in'no- 
geng^;  al'i  mo  ny,  an  allowance  made  to  a  wife  out  of  her  hus- 
band's estate  or  income  for  her  support,  upon  her  legal  separation 
from  him;  con  temj^t'i  bl^,  mean,  worthless;  stat'u^;  strat'e  gy, 
generalship — use  of  stratagem  or  artifice;  viri^in  y  (be  careful  of 
the  order  of  the  a  and  z  in  the  second  syllable),  wickedness; 
siif  fi'c(=sh)ien  gy,  supply  equal  to  needs;  ch^ef 't^in,  chief,  com- 
mander, leader,  head;  ef 'fi  gy,  an  imitative  figure;  pre  gedVnf^ 
(notice  especially  that  the  e  in  the  first  syllable  is  long  shortened, 
that  the  e  in  the  second  syllable  is  long,  and  that  the  accent  falls 
upon  the  second  syllable,)  the  act  or  state  of  going  or  being  before 
in  time,  rank,  or  honor;  liq(=k)'u(=w)e  fy;  vil'i  fy  (spell  with 
only  one  /),  to  debase  by  report;  rar'e  fy,  to  make  less  dense. 

Look  up  the  remaining  words,  marking  them  carefully  for 
pronunciation,  and  find  the  definitions  of  those  with  which 
you  are  not  familiar.  In  pronouncing  the  word  superfluous^  be 
careful  to  throw  the  accent  upon  the  second  syllable. 


LESSON  250 

Dictation  Review.     (Joseph  Addison.) 

Knowledge  is  that  which,  next  to  virtue,  truly  and  essentially 
ra.ises  one  man  above  another. 


MAYNE'S   SIGHT   SPELLER  149 

Prejudice  and  self-sufficiency  naturally  proceed  from  inexpe- 
rience of  the  world  and  ignorance  of  mankind. 

Nothing  that  is  not  a  real  crime  makes  a  man  appear  so  con- 
temptible and  little  in  the  eyes  of  the  world  as  inconstancy, 

A  statue  lies  hid  in  a  block  of  marble;  and  the  art  of  statuary 
only  clears  away  the  superfluous  matter  and  removes  the  rubbish. 

A  cheerful  temper  joined  with  innocence  will  make  beauty 
attractive,  knowledge  delightful,  and  wit  good-natured.  It  will 
lighten  sickness,  poverty,  and  affliction  ;  convert  ignorance  into 
an  amiable  simplicity,  and  render  deformity  itself  agreeable. 


LESSON  251 

Troublesome  Terminations: 


ouDiesome  ieiiinua.Ln. 
"-ine,"  "-een,"  "-ene.' 

canteen  careen  machine  tontine 

sardine  velveteen  hygiene  gangrene 

intervene  ravine  marine  tambourine 

obscene  convene  serene  kerosene 

routine  supervene  guillotine  soapine 

can  te^n',  a  vessel  used  by  soldiers  for  carrying  water,  liquor, 
or  other  drink;  sar  dinV,  ^  kind  of  herring;  in^ter  venV,  to  come 
between;  6b  sijen^,  impure,  immodest;  roi^  finV,  a  daily  round  of 
business,  amusement,  or  pleasure;  ea  re^n',  to  incHne  tooneside; 
vel  vet  e^n';  ra  vinV;  eon  venV,  to  meet  together;  supper  ven^, 
to  take  place,  to  happen;  ma  ?hmV;  hy'g\en^,  a  system  of  prin- 
ciples or  rules  designed  for  the  promotion  of  health;  ma  rin^', 
pertaining  to  the  sea,  naval;  se  renV,  calm,  undisturbed;  giiil'- 
16  tine^  (from  Guillotin,  a  French  physician,  who  proposed  (for 
beheading  people)  the  adoption  of  machinery  that  would  do  away 
with  the  ax  or  sword— the  instrument  being  invented  by  Dr.  An- 
toine  Luis  in  1792),  a  machine  for  beheading  a  person  by  one 
stroke  of  a  heavy  ax  or  blade,  which  sHdes  in  vertical  guides,  is 
raised  by  a  cord,  and  let  fall  upon  the  neck  of  the  victim— any 
machine  or  instrument  of  similar  action  for  cutting  or  shearing 


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MAYNE'S    SIGHT   SPELLER 


Look  up  the  remaining  words  in  the  dictionary,  mark  them 
diacritically,  and  find  the  definitions  of  those  which  are  new  to 
you. 


LESSON  252 

Review  of  Rules  of  Spelling. 


.  I 


Rule  4. — Add  apostrophe  and  "s"  ('j)  to  the  singular  of  nouns 
to  form  the  possessive  singular.  Add  the  apostrophe  to  the 
plural  to  form  the  possessive  plural,  if  the  plural  ends  in  "s". 
If  the  plural  does  not  end  in  **s",  add  the  apostrophe  and  *'s"  ('^). 


Possessive 
Singular. 

neighbor's 

screw's 

woman's 

creature's 

trough's 

brother's 

child's 

torrent's 

statue's 

helmsman's 


Possessive 
Plural. 

neighbors' 

screws* 

women's 

creatures' 

troughs' 

brothers' 

children's 

torrents' 

statues' 

helmsmen's 


Burns' s  humor 
Agnes's  spectacles 
Barnes's  arithmetics 
Howells's  novels 
Charles's  reign 
Adams's  express 
Quakers'  meeting 
Miss  Bass's  appearance 
Xerxes'  army 
conscience'  sake 


There  is  good  authority  for  using  the  apostrophe  alone  in  all 
the  forms  given  in  the  last  column,  as  Burns'  humor^  etc.  The 
apostrophe  only  is  used  to  avoid  a  disagreeable  hissing  sound  in 
forms  like  Moses'  seat,  goodness'  sake,  Essex'  death,  etc. 


LESSON  253 

Words  from  Arithmetic. 


principal 

principle 

installments 

coupon 

antecedent 


consequent 

proportion 

extremes 

hypotenuse 

involution 


evolution 
application 
averaging 
progression 


geometrical 
annuity 
perpetuity 
contingent 


arithmetical    mensuration 


MAYNE'S   SIGHT   SPELLER  151 

prm'^i  pal,  a  sum  of  money  placed  out  at  interest;  prin'^i- 
pl^,  an  arithmetical  truth  (be  particularly  careful  to  distinguish 
these  words  accurately);  in  staH'm^nts,  parts  paid  upon  a 
debt  at  different  times;  eo^'pon,  a  certificate  of  interest  due, 
printed  at  the  bottom  of  transferable  bonds,  given  for  a  term  of 
years,  intended  to  be  cut  off  and  presented  for  payment  when 
the  interest  is  due  (note  the  sound  of  "o"  in  the  first  syllable); 
an'^te  gedVnt,  the  first  of  the  two  terms  of  a  ratio,  the  first  or 
third  of  the  four  terms  of  a  proportion;  con'se  quent,  the  second 
term  of  a  ratio;  pro  por'tion;  ex  trem^§',  the  first  and  last  terms 
of  a  proportion;  hy  pot'enus^,  the  side  of  a  right  triangle  opposite 
the  right  angle;  in^vo  lu'tion,  the  multiplication  of  a  quantity  in- 
to itself  a  given  number  of  times;  ev^o  lu'tion,  the  extraction  of 
roots — the  reverse  of  involution;  ap^pli  ca'tion;  av'er  ag  ing  (note 
that  the  final  e  is  dropped  before  the  suffix  -ing)\  pro  gres'sion, 
continued  proportion;  ar^ith  met'i  c^l. 

Look  up  the  remaining  words  in  the  dictionary,  mark  them  for 
pronunciation,  and  find  the  meanings  of  those  with  which  you 
are  not  acquainted. 


LESSON  254 

The  Use  of  the  Hyphen. 

band  saw     billiard  table    grass-grown  preexist 

almost  semiannually  vice-president  gaslight 

bumblebee  all-absorbing  gas-burner  ex-mayor 

cooperate    everlasting       cartridge  box  rear  admiral 

apple  tree    grasshopper     non-essential  potato-digger 

The  prefixes  ex  and  vice^  indicating  a  title,  should  be 
hyphenated,  as  ex-president^  vice-principal^  etc.  It  is  evident 
from  the  list  given  above  that  there  is  no  rule  that  will 
determine  when  to  use  the  hyphen.  The  tendency  at  present  is 
to  drop  the  hyphen  where  it  can  be  dropped  without  confusing 
the  eye. 


152  MAYNFS   SIGHT   SPELLER 

band  saV,  a  saw  in  the  form  of  an  endless  steel  belt,  with 
teeth  on  one  edge,  running  over  wheels;  armost  (note  that  there 
is  but  one  /);  biim'bl^  he^;  eo  op'er  at^,  ap'pl^  tre^;  bil-Vi(=y)ard 
ta'bl^;  sem^i  an'nu  a\  ly,  every  half  year;  aH-abs6rb'ing;  ev^er 
last'ing,  endless;  gras^hop^'per;  grasVgroVn'',  overgrown  with 
grass;  gas'burn^er;  ear'triJ^g^  box;  non'^es  sen't(=sh)'ial;  gas'l%ht. 

Mark  the  remaining  words  for  pronunciation,  using  the  dic- 
tionary to  correct  your  work.- 


LESSON  255 

Words  Used  in  Business. 


insolvency  concession  approximate  calendar 

commodities  guarantee  conveyances  liquidate 

classi^cation  accommodation  indenture  proceeds 

reference  monopoly  compliments  envelope 

remunerate  commerce  consolidate  license 

con  fes'sion,  a  thing  granted;  gi^ar^an  teV>  a  promise  to  an- 
swer for  the  payment  of  some  debt  in  case  of  the  failure  of  another 
person  who  is  liable  to  such  payment;  ac  com'^mo  da'tion  (note 
that  the  third  syllable  is  m^);  mo  nop' o  ly,  the  sole  control  of  the 
trade  in  anything;  eom'merp^,  trade;  ap  prox'i  mat^,  nearly  exact; 
con  vefan^^  (notice  that  the  suffix  is  ance),  transfer  of  owner- 
ship; in  den'tur^,  a  mutual  agreement  in  writing  between  two  or 
more  parties;  com'pli  ments,  regard,  in  a  business  sense;  as,  a  gift 
with  the  compliments  of  a  firm;  con  sol'i  dat^,  to  combine,  as  differ- 
ent manufactories  of  the  same  kind;  cal'en  dar  (notice  that  the 
final  syllable  is  d<3;r),  an  orderly  list  of  persons  or  things;  liq(=k)'- 
u(=w)i  dat^,  to  pay  off,  as  an  indebtedness;  pro'ge^dg,  the 
sum  received  from  a  sale  or  transaction;  en'vel  op^;  li'f^ns^ 
(observe  carefully  the  spelling  of  the  second  syllable,  <:enje),  a 
formal  permission  from  the  proper  authorities  to  carry  on  a  cer- 
tain business,  which  would  be  illegal  without  such  permission. 

Look  up  the  first  five  words  of  the  lesson  in  the  dictionary, 
marking  them  with  care  for  pronunciation,  and  find  the  definitions 
of  those  which  are  new  to  you. 


MAYNE'S   SIGHT   SPELLER  153 

LESSON  256 

Words  from  the  United  States  Constitution. 

equity  controversies  grievances  government 

attainder  forfeiture  disparage  accusation 

adhering  abridging  jeopardy  prosecuted 

supreme  peaceably  compelled  compulsory 

exemption  redress  application  ratification 

eq(=k)'u(=w)i  ty,  a  system  of  laws  supplemental  to  law  prop- 
er; at  ta^n'der,  the  loss  of  the  civil  rights  of  a  person  because  of 
a  death  sentence  or  state  of  outlawry;  ad  her'ing  (note  that  the 
final  ^  is  dropped  when  the  suffix  ing  is  added),  holding  to; 
su  prem^',  highest  in  authority,  as  the  Supreme  Court  of  the 
United  States;  ex  emp'tion,  freedom  from  a  charge  or  burden 
imposed  upon  others;  eon'tro  ver^si^§,  disputes,  disagreements; 
for'f^i  tur^,  the  loss  of  some  right,  privilege,  honor,  or  office,  by 
an  offense,  crime,  or  other  act;  a  bri^g'mg  (notice  that  the  e  is 
dropped  when  the  suffix  is  added),  making  shorter,  diminishing, 
lessening;  pe^gV^-  t>ly  (note  that  the  e  is  retained  in  this  word  be- 
fore the  sn^x  ably)',  re  dresV>  a  setting  right,  as  of  wrong,  in- 
jury, or  oppression;  gr^ev'  anq,  e§,  causes  of  complaint,  wrongs 
done  and  suffered;  dis  par'ag^,  to  undervalue,  to  detract  from; 
je^p'ard  iz^,  to  expose  to  loss  or  injury;  com  peH^d',  forced, 
obliged;  ap'^pli  ea'tion. 

Look  up  the  remaining  words  in  the  dictionary,  mark  them 
for  pronunciation,  and  find  the  meanings  of  those  with  which 
you  are  not  familiar. 


LESSON  257 

Review  of  Rules  of  Spelling. 

Rule  J. — Monosyllables  and  other  words  accented  on  the  last 
syllable  whiwh  end  in  a  single  consonant  preceded  by  a  single 
vowel,  double  the  final  consonant  before  a  suffix  beginning  with  a 
vowel. 


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MAYNE'S   SIGHT   SPELLER 


Note, — Words  not  having  the  conditions  given  in  the  rule  do 
not  have  the  consonant  doubled.  The  word  may  not  be  accented 
on  the  last  syllable,  it  may  not  end  in  a  single  consonant,  the 
consonant  may  not  be  preceded  by  a  single  vowel,  or  the  suffix 
may  not  begin  with  a  vowel. 


excellent 
permitted 
inferred 
'    developing 
traveling 


meriting"  conquered 

summoning    redden 


equaling 

kidnaped 

banqueting 


reddening 
cramming 
STvimmer 


baggage 

equaled 

remodeled 

fitting 

benefiting 


ex(=k)'9el  l^nt;  per  mit'ted;  in  feri^^d';  de  vel'op  ing;  trav'el- 
ing;  mer'it  ing;  siim'mon  mg;  e'qu^l  ing;  kid'nap^d(=t);  ban'- 
quet  ing;  €on'q(=k)tier^d;  red'd^n;  red'd^n  ing;  eram'ming; 
swim'mer. 

Look  up  the  remaining  words  in  the  dictionary,  marking  them 
diacritically. 


LESSON  258 

Rule  5  (continued). 

rubbed  barreled  fitted  transferred 

appareled  submitted  benefited  -wrapped 

quarreler  occurrence  planned  developed 

expelled  reference  extolling  offering 

expulsion  controlled  acquittal  suffered 

Tell  in  each  case  how  the  rule  applies,  or  how  it  does  not 
apply. 

bar'rel^d  (or  barre//ed);  siib  mit'ted;  6e  cur'r^n?^;  ref'er- 
eTL^\\  controH^d';  fit'ted;  ben'e  fit  ed;  plani^^d;  ex  tol'ling, 
praising;  ae  quit't^l,  a  setting  free  from  a  debt  or  obligation; 
trans  ferif^d';  Vrap|?^d(=t);  de  ver6p^d(=t);  offer  ing;  suffered. 

Look  up  the  first  five  words  of  the  lesson,  mark  them  for  pro- 
nunciation, and  find  the  meanings  of  any  with  which  you  are  not 
familiar. 


MAYNE'S   SIGHT  SPELLER 


155 


LESSON  259 

Abbreviations. 

Aet. 

aged 

L.  S. 

Place  of  the  seal 

A.  B. 

Bachelor  of  Arts 

tr. 

transpose 

LL.D 

.  Doctor  of  Laws 

d.  or  dele 

.  take  out 

D.D. 

Doctor  of  Divinity 

wf. 

wrong  font 

A.M. 

Master  of  Arts 

sc. 

to  wit 

Ph.  D. 

.  Doctor  of  Philosophy  Cap. 

capital 

D.V. 

God  willing 

vid. 

see 

et  al. 

and  others 

ib.  or  ibid 

.  in  the  same  place 

id. 

the  same 

incog. 

unknown 

Ital. 

Italic 

I.  H.  S. 

Jesus  the   Savior 
of  Men 

LESSON  260 

Dictation  Review.     (Charles  Dickens.) 
^^ Christmas  is  the  only  holiday  of  the  year  that  brings  the 
whole  human  family  into  common  communion.    The  only  time  in 
the  long  calendar  of  the  year  when  men  and  women  seem,  by 
one  consent,  to  open  their  shut-up  hearts  freely." 

*'  The  one  serviceable ^  safe,  certain,  remunerative ^  attainable 
quality  in  every  study  and  every  pursuit  is  the  quality  of  atten- 
tion. My  own  invention,  or  imagination,  such  as  it  is,  I  can  most 
truthfully  assure  you,  would  never  have  served  me  as  it  has  but 
for  the  habit  of  common-place,  humble,  patient,  daily,  toiling, 
drudging  attention." 


LESSON   261 

Wotds  Used  in  Business. 

collateral  discrepancy       deferred  bushel 

abbreviate  mucilage  statement  tonnage 

embezzlement     commission        copyright  soliciting 

afiQdavit  infringement     auditor  barrel 

notary  ratify  schedule  discretion 


156  MAYNE'S    SIGHT   SPELLER 

€61  lat'er  a\,  security  for  the  performance  of  agreements,  or 
the  payment  of  money,  besides  the  principal  security  (note  that 
the  /in  this  word  is  doubled,  but  that  there  is  but  one  /);  ab  bre'- 
vi  at^  (notice  that  the  d  is  doubled),  to  reduce  by  omission,  as 
words  and  terms  used  in  business;  em  bez'zl^  m^nt,  the  act  of 
wrongfully  applying  to  one's  own  uses  property  intrusted  to  one's 
care;  af '^fi  da'vit  (note  that  the  second  syllable  is  f/j,  a  sworn 
statement  in  writing;  no'ta  ry,  a  public  officer  who  certifies  deeds 
and  other  writings  (usually  called  a  notary  public)\  dis  crep'^n- 
9y  (notice  that  the  third  syllable  is  «n),  disagreement,  difference; 
mu'91  lagV?  €om  mis'sion  (both  the  m  and  the  s  are  doubled),  the 
allowance  made  to  an  agent  for  transacting  business  for  another; 
in  fringVm^nt  (be  careful  to  retain  the  e  in  the  second  syllable), 
trespassing,  as  upon  a  patent,  copyright  (or  other  special  privi- 
lege); rat'i  fy,  to  confirm,  as  a  contract  or  agreement;  bush'el; 
ton'nag^,  the  amount  of  weight  which  one  or  several  vessels  may 
carry;  so  lig'it  ing,  seeking  to  obtain  custom;  bar'rel;  dis  cre'tion, 
carefulness,  the  exercise  of  one's  judgment. 

Mark  the  words  in  the  third  column  diacritically,  using  the  dic- 
tionary to  find  whether  your  work  is  correct,  and  find  the  mean- 
ings of  those  with  which  you  are  not  acquainted. 


LESSON  262 

Review  of  Rules  of  Spelling, 
7?2^/i?<5.— ***rbetore 'e' 
Except  after  'c' 
Or  when  sounded  as  *a* 
As  in  ^neighbor'  and  'weigh'." 
Think  of  pronouncing  c  prolonged  to  ce.     This  will  help  you 
to  remember  that  e  follows  c,    A  list  of  the  exceptions  to  the  rule 
is  given  on  page  81. 

piece  reprieve 

believe  perceive 

heifer  ^wield 

conceive  grievous 

deceive  sovereign 


seize 

thieving 

siege 

frieze 

ceiling 

"weird 

niece 

shriek 

counterfeit 

conceit 

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157 


Tell  in  each  case  whether  the  word  is  in  accord  with  the  rule 
or  is  an  exception  to  it. 

th^iev'ing;  frljezV,  we'jrd;  shrljek;  eon  ge\V;  n\eg^;  be  l\ev^';  heif- 
er; eon  ge'ivV;  de  fe^v^';  re  prljevV,  to  delay  the  punishment  of; 
per  ge^vV;  wljeld,  to  handle,  manage;  grjev'^us;  sov'er  kji^n. 

Look  up  the  words  in  the  first  column  of  the  lesson,  marking 
theu^  carefully  for  pronunciation. 


LESSON  263 

Rule  6  (continued). 


forfeit 

perceive 

fierce 

aggrieve 

receive 

leisure 

retrieve 

species 

besieged 

liege 

relieve 

deceitful 

chieftain 

inveigh 

heir 

surfeited 

thieved 

relief 

seizure 

neither 

Pick  out  the  exceptions  to  the  rule  in  the  above  lesson. 

for'f^it;  re^e^v^';  bes'ieg^d';  chljef't^in;  th^ev^d;  f^erp^;  re- 
trljevV,  to  recover,  repair;  re  IJev^';  l^e'ir;  seV2(-(-h)ur^;  ag  gr^ev^', 
to  give  pain  or  sorrow  to;  spe'9(+h)'je§,  kind,  class;  de  ge'jt'ful; 
sur'f^it  ed,  overfed,  so  as  to  produce  sickness  or  uneasiness; 
neither. 

Mark  the  words  in  the  second  column  for  pronunciation,  cor- 
recting your  work  with  the  aid  of  the  dictionary. 


LESSON  264 

Additional  Words  from  the  United  States  Constitution. 

tranquility  exceed  secrecy  naturalization 

defense  apportioned  quorum  appropriations 

posterity  electors  disapproved  insurrection 

requisite  concurrence    privileged  extraordinary 

executive  immediately  emoluments  misdemeanor 


158  MAYNE'S    SIGHT    SPELLER 

trail  quil'li  ty  (do  not  fail  to  double  the  /),  state  of  peace; 
de  fensV)  protection  in  time  of  war  or  threatened  danger  to  the 
nation;  pos  ter'i  ty,  succeeding  generations;  req(=k)'u(=w)i  git^, 
that  which  is  required  or  is  necessary;  e?  ec'u  tiv^,  the  president 
— pertaining  to  the  carrying  into  effect  of  the  laws  (as  the  execu- 
tive department)',  ex  fe^d';  ap  por'tion^d,  divided  and  distributed 
proportionally;  e  lee'tors,  persons  chosen  by  vote  of  the  people  to 
elect  the  president  and  vice-president;  eon  cur'r^n?^  (note  that 
the  r  is  doubled),  agreement  or  consent;  im  me'di  at^  ly,  at  once; 
se'ere  gy;  quo'rum,  such  a  number  of  the  members  of  a  govern- 
mental body  as  is  competent,  by  constitution,  to  transact  busi- 
ness; dis^'ap  proved',  being  refused  official  approval;  prjv'i  leg^d, 
enjoying  a  special  right,  advantage,  or  freedom  from  duty; 
e  mol'u  m^nts,  the  profits  arising  from  office. 

Mark  the  remaining  words  for  pronunciation,  using  the  dic- 
tionary to  correct  your  work,  and  find  their  meanings.  Give  spe- 
cial attention  to  the  pronunciation  of  extraordinary ;  notice  that 
misdemeanor  has  but  one  s. 


LESSON  265 

Words  from  Agricultural  Papers. 

proteid  breeding  manure  rQiddlings 

nitrogenous  cereals  fertilizers  pedigree 

carbohydrates  cellulose  gypsum  phosphates 

ensilage  centrifugal  irrigation  guano 

bacteria  dairying  loamy  saltpeter 

pro'te  id,  a  class  of  food  represented  by  the  gluten  of  wheat, 
the  albumen  of  eggs  and  the  casein  of  milk;  nitrog'e  n^iis  (notice 
the  pronunciation  carefully),  nitrogenous  foods  are  such  as  are 
rich  in  proteids;  ear ''bo  hy'drat^s,  a  class  of  food  represented  by 
the  sugars  and  starches;  en's!  lag^,  the  fodder  preserved  in  a  silo; 
bae  te'ri  a  (the  singular  form  of  this  word  is  bacterium),  very 
minute  vegetable  organisms;  bre^d'ing,  the  raising  or  improving 


MAYNFS   SIGHT   SPELLER  159 

of  any  kind  of  domestic  animals;  ^e're  al§,  grains;  9e^^u  losV. 
the  substance  (a  carbohydrate)  which  is  the  principal  part  of  the 
solid  framework  of  plants;  fen  trif'u  gal  (notice  that  the  accent 
is  upon  the  second  syllable),  tending  or  causing  to  recede  from 
the  center  (centrifugal  force  is  used  in  separating  the  milk  from 
the  cream  by  means  of  commercial  separators);  da^ry  ing;  ma- 
nur^,  any  matter  which  makes  land  productive;  fer'ti  li^zer§, 
those  things  which  make  land  fertile;  gyp'sum,  a  mineral  used 
to  make  plaster  of  Paris;  ir'^ri  ga'tion,  the  operation  of  causing 
water  to  flow  over  lands  for  nourishing  plants;  lo^m'y,  like  loam, 
which  is  a  soil  composed  of  a  mixture  of  clay  and  sand,  with  or- 
ganic matter  to  which  its  fertility  is  chiefly  due. 

Look  up  the  remaining  words  in  the  dictionary,  mark  them 
diacritically,  and  find  the  meanings  of  those  with  which  you 
are  not  familiar. 


LESSON  266 


Words  Used  in  Business, 

stenographer    confidential    opportunity  reciprocity 

amanuensis       average  preference  supersede 

responsibility    collector  privilege  gratuitous 

chattel  package  pursue  illegible 

pecuniary  tenant  equivalent  exchequer 

ste  nog'ra  pher;  a  man'^u  en'sis,  a  person  whose  employment 
is  to  write  what  another  dictates;  re  spon'^si  bil'i  tv,  the  state  of 
being  answerable,  as  for  a  trust,  debt,  or  obligation;  chat' t^l,  any 
item  of  movable  or  immovable  property  except  the  freehold,  or 
the  things  which  are  parts  of  it;  pe  €un'i(=y)a  ry,  relating  to 
money;  con^fi  den'ti^l,  secret;  av'er  ag^;  col  lee'tor;  pa^k'ag^; 
ten'^nt;  op'^por  tu'ni  ty;  pref 'er  ^nfV*  priv'i  leg^;  piirsuV; 
e  quiv'a  knt,  of  equal  worth,  value,  or  force. 

Look  up  the  remaining  words  in  the  dictionary,  mark  them 
for  pronunciation,  and  find  their  definitions.  Note  that  the 
last  syllable  of  supersede  is  sede^  and  that  the  termination  of 
illegible  is  ible. 


160  MAYNE'S    SIGHT   SPELLER 

LESSON  267 

Review  of  Rules  of  Spelling. 

Rule  7. — Silent  "e"  final  is  dropped  before  a  suffix  beginning 
with  a  vowel. 

Note, — If  the  suffix  begins  with  a  consonant,  e  final  is  not  drop- 
ped, except  in  the  words  truly ^  duly,  awful^  wholly,  argument^ 
judgment,  lodgjnent,  abridgment  and  acknowledgment,  c  and  g 
before  e^  /,  emdy  are  usually  soft  {c=s  and  ^  as  in  gzn)  and  are 
hard  {c=k  and  g  as  in  go)  in  all  other  cases,  e  is  often  retained  to 
keep  the  e  or  g  soft  when  the  suffix  begins  with  a  vowel  other 
than  e,  i,  or  y.  Besides  these,  hoeing,  shoeing^  toeing,  dyeings 
singeing,  springeing,  swingeing,  tingeing,  and  mileage,  are  excep- 
tions to  the  rule. 

procuring  debasing"  ceasing  dyeing 

nauseated  desirable  exercising  dying 

serviceable  courageous  producing  tying 

notable  hoeing  perceiving  enduring 

criticising  shining  manageable  conceding 

In  serviceable  and  courageous,  the  final  e  is  retained  to  keep 
the  c  and  g  respectively  soft. 

Distinguish  dying  and  dyeing  very  carefully. 

pro  eur'ing;  nai^'s(+h)e  a^ted,  sickened;  serv'ig^  a  bl^j  not'- 
a  blV>  erit'i  fi§  ing;  de  bas'ing;  de  §Ir'a  bl^;  e^iir  a'g^^us;  homing; 
shin'ing;  dyeing;  dy'mg;  ty'ing;  en  dur'ing;  eon  ged'ing. 

Mark  the  words  in  the  third  column  for  pronunciation,  and 
then  correct  your  work  with  the  aid  of  the  dictionary. 


LESSON  268 

Review  of  Rule  7  (continued). 

waning  loosing  separating  choosing 

diverging  losing  ^     truly  superseding 

alluding  striking  lovely  likely 

vengeance        changeable     a^wful  argument 

movable  serenely  chosen  definitely 


MAYNE'S   SIGHT   SPELLER 


161 


Quote  the  rule  in  each  case  that  it  applies,  and  when  an  ex- 
ception occurs,  give  the  reason. 

The  word  loos'ing  means  the  act  of  making  loose ^  or  untying; 
Ipg'ing  is  from  lose^  and  means  the  act  of  suffering  loss.  Use 
each  in  a  sentence. 

strik'ing;  chang^a  blV»  se  ren^ly;  sep'a  rat'^ing;  tru'ly;  l6vV- 
ly;  aV'ful;  cho'§^n;  choo§'ing;  su'^persed'ing,  replacing;  likely; 
ar'gu  m^nt;  def 'i  nit^  ly. 

Mark  the  words  in  the  first  column  diacritically,  using  the  dic- 
tionary to  find  whether  your  work  is  correct,  and  find  the  mean- 
ings of  those  with  which  you  are  not  acquainted. 


intelligent 

injurious 

impunity 

innocent 

interruption 


LESSON  269 

Troublesome  Words. 

interfere  accent  height 

purifying  imitation  guardian 

independence  imagine  intensely 

precisely  horror  glycerine 

immense  labor  invariably 


in^ter  fer^';  pu'ri  fy^ing;  in^de  pend'^ng^;  pre  fls^lyj  exactly; 
im  mens^'  (notice  the  s  in  the  second  syllable);  ac'gent^; 
im^i  ta'tion;  im  ag'in^;  hor'ror;  la'bor;  h^i^I^t;  gtjiard'i  <2n; 
in  tensely;  glyg'er  m^,  in  va'ri  a  bly,  unchangeably. 

Look  up  the  first  five  words  of  the  lesson  in  the  dictionary, 
place  the  proper  diacritical  markings  upon  them,  and  find  the 
meanings  of  those  which  are  new  to  you. 


LESSON  270 

Dictation  Review.     (John  Ruskin.) 

Ideas  of  beauty  are  among  the  noblest  which  can  be  presented 
to  the  human  mind,  invariably  exalting  and  purifying  it  accord- 
ing to  their  degree, 
11 


162 


MAYNE'S   SIGHT   SPELLER 


It  is  only  by  labor  that  thought  can  be  made  healthy ^  and 
only  by  thought  that  labor  can  be  made  happy;  and  the  two 
cannot  be  separated  with  impunity, 

I  tell  you  earnestly,  you  must  get  into  the  habit  of  looking  in- 
tensely at  words,  assuring  yourself  of  their  meaning,  syllable  by 
syllable,  nay,  letter  by  letter.  A  well-educated  gentleman  may 
not  know  many  languages,  may  not  be  able  to  speak  any  but  his 
own,  may  have  read  very  few  books;, but,  whatever  language  he 
knows,  he  knows  precisely ;  whatever  word  he  pronounces,  he 
pronounces  rightly. 

Let  the  accent  of  words  be  watched  and  closely ;  let  their 
meaning  be  watched  more  closely  still. 


LESSON  271 

Words  from  Grammar. 

Qarration  independent  ambiguity  figurative 

description  substantive  synonym  expansion 

exposition  subordinate  repetition  argument 

apposition  construction  succinct  climax 

analysis  participial  prolix  emphatic 

nar  ra'tion;  de  scrip'tion;  ex^po  §i'tion;  ap^'po  §i'tion;  a  nal'- 
y  sis;  in^de  pendVnt;  siib'  st<^n  tiv^,  a  noun  or  name;  sub  or'di- 
natV>  eon  struc'tion;  par^ti  gip'i  a\\  fig'ur  a  tiv^;  ex  pan'sion; 
ar'gu  m<?nt;  eli'max;  em  phat'ie. 

Look  up  the  words  in  the  third  column  of  the  lesson,  place 
the  proper  diacritical  markings  upon  them,  and  define  those  with 
which  you  are  not  familiar. 


burial 

cemetery 

coflan 

corpse 

corruptible 


LESSON  272 

Pertaining  to  Death, 

cremation  memorial 

dirge  morgue 

epitaph  obituary 

funeral  obsequies 

condolence  summons 


bier 

cenotaph 

bereaved 

pallbearers 

cortege 


MAYNFS   SIGHT   SPELLER 


163 


ere  ma'tion,  the  act  of  burning  bodies  instead  of  burying  them; 
dirg^,  a  funeral  hymn;  ep'i  taph,  an  inscription  on,  or  at,  a  tomb, 
or  a  grave,  in  memory  of  the  one  buried  there;  fu'ner  al;  con  do'- 
\eng^  (observe  that  the  accent  is  upon  the  second  syllable), 
expression  of  sympathy  with  another  in  sorrow  or  grief;  me  mo'- 
ri  «1,  a  monument  or  anything  intended  to  preserve  the  memory 
of  a  person;  morgiiji^,  a  place  where  the  bodies  of  persons  found 
dead  are  exposed,  that  they  may  be  identified,  or  claimed,  by 
their  friends;  6  bit'u  a  ry,  a  notice  of  the  death  of  a  person, 
together  with  a  sketch  of  the  person's  life;  ob'se  qui^§  (note  that 
the  first  syllable  receives  the  accent),  a  ceremony  pertaining  to 
burial;  sum'm6n§;  bjer,  a  portable  frame  on  which  a  corpse  is 
placed,  or  borne  to  the  grave;  fen'o  taph,  an  empty  tomb  or  a 
monument  erected  in  honor  of  a  person  who  is  buried  elsewhere; 
be  re^v^d';  palV  b^dr  er§,  those  who  attend  the  coffin  at  a  funeral; 
€6r'^te(=a)ge(=zh)',  a  funeral  procession. 

Mark  the  first  five  words  of  the  lesson  for  pronunciation,  and 
then  verify  your  work  by  consulting  the  dictionary.  Note  the 
three  e's  in  cemetery  \  observe  that  the  termination  of  corruptible 
is  /ble. 


LESSON  273 

Suffixes  "able  "  and  **ible  "  mean  "capable  of  being" 
or  "fit  to  be." 


divisible 

visible 

audible 

perceptible 

comparable 

legible 

eligible 

suitable 

lovable 

culpable 

vulnerable 

accessible 

credible 

edible 

deplorable 

navigable 

amiable 

portable 

pitiable 

tangible 

There  is  no  rule  that  will  aid  in  determining  whether  the  suf- 
fix able  or  ible  shall  be  used.  The  pupil  must  study  each  word 
till  its  form  is  fixed  in  the  mind. 

di  vi§'i  bl^,  com'pa  ra  bl^  (note  that  the  accent  is  on  the  first 
syllable);  lov'a  blV>  cred'i  bl^,  capable  of  being  believed;  a'mi- 
a  bl^,  kindly;  vig'i  bl^,  capable  of  being  seen;  leg'i  bl^,  capable  of 


164  MAYNE'S    SIGHT    SPELLER  ] 

being  read;  eul'pa  bl^,  fit  to  be  blamed;  ed'i  bl^,  fit  to  be  eaten  as  \ 
food;  port'a  bl^,  capable  of  being  carried;  ai^i'di  bl^,  capable  of  I 
being  heard;  el'i  gi  bl^,  fit  or  qualified  to  be  chosen  or  elected;! 
vul'ner  a  bl^,  capable  of  being  wounded;  de  plor'a  bl^,  fit  to  be  \ 
lamented— causing  grief;  pit'i  a  bl^,  fit  to  be  sympathized  with,  i 
or  causing  a  feeling  of  sympathy — sorrowful.  \ 

Look  up  the  remaining  words  in  the  dictionary,  find  their] 
definitions  in  case  they  are  not  familiar  to  you,  and  place  the  i 
proper  diacritical  markings  on  them.  I 


LESSON  274 

Suffixes  "able"  and  "ible"  (continued). 

appreciable  tangible  detestable  forraidable 

reversible  variable  intellig-ible  indelible 

reducible  irrepressible  flexible  laudable 

acceptable  assignable       feasible  compatible 

plausible  incorrigible     hospitable  equitable 

There  are  about  one  thousand  words  which  terminate  in  either 
al?/e  or  zd/e.     Of  this  number  fully  three-fourths  end  in  a/?/e.     . 

ap  pre'9(+h)i  a  bl^,  capable  of  being  appreciated  or  estimated; 
re  vers'i  bl^;    re  du'fi  bl^;    ac  fept'a  b\^;    plai^'gi  bl^,   fit    to    be 
applauded  (originally) — apparently  right;  tan'gi  bi^,  capable  of 
being  touched  (literally) — capable  of  being  possessed  or  realized; 
va'ri  a  bl^,   capable  of  varying  or  changing,  or  likely  to  vary  or 
change;    ir^re  pres^'i  bl^,    not     capable     of    being    rep"ressed, 
restrained,  or  controjled;  as  si^n'a  bl^,  capable  of  being  assigned,  ' 
specified,  or  designated;  in  eor'ri  gi  bl^,  not  (m)  capable  of  being  - 
corrected  or  amended;  for 'mi  da  bl^,  capable  of  causing  fear  or  ; 
alarm;  indel'ibl^,  not  (Z/^)  capable  of  being  removed,   washed  i 
away,  blotted  out,  or  effaced;  la^d'a  bl^,  fit  for,  or  worthy  of, 
being  lauded  or  praised;  com  pat'i  bl^,   capable  of  existing  in 
harmony — agreeable;  eq(=k)'u(=w)i  ta  bl^,  marked  by  fairness 
and  impartiality. 

Look  up  the  words  in  the  third  column  in  the  dictionary, 
mark  them  diacritically,  and  find  their  meanings. 


MAYNE'S   SIGHT   SPELLER 


165 


LESSON  275 

Common  Errors  in  Pronunciation. 


adduce 

lucid 

prelude 

resume 

delusion 


institute 
conclude 
intuitive 
aptitude 
illusion 


command 
psalm 
staunch 
laundry- 
gauntlet 


aunt 

launch 

blanch 

fasting 

sarsaparilla 


The  sound  of  long  "u"  is  really  made  up  of  *'i"  and  "oo,"  as  is 
heard  distinctly  in  the  word  "yew."  Be  careful  not  to  give  the 
sound  of  "oo,"  as  in  "moon."  The  Italian  sounds  of  "a"  as  in 
"father,"  and  "a,"  as  in  "ask,"  should  not  be  made  like  "a" 
"eat." 

ad  du^Vj  to  cite,  quote,  name,  mention;  lu'^id,  clear;  prel'ud^, 
(or  pre'lHd^),  preface,  introduction,  preliminary;  re(=a)^- 
§u^me(=a)',  a  summing  up;  de  lu'sion,  deception,  false  belief; 
com  mand';  ^s^m;  stai^nch,  strong,  loyal,  steadfast;  la^n'dry; 
ga^nt'let,  a  military  punishment  formerly  in  use,  wherein  the 
offender  was  made  to  run  between  two  files  of  men  facing  one 
another,  who  struck  him  as  he  passed — hence,  "to  run  the  gaunt- 
let," means  to  suffer  severe  criticism  or  ill-treatment  at  many 
hands;  ai^nt;  lai^nch;  blanch,  to  whiten;  fast'ing,  abstaining  from 
food;  sar'^sa  pa  ril'la,  a  plant  of  the  Smilax  family,  having  me- 
dicinal properties. 

Mark  the  words  in  the  second  column  for  pronunciation, 
using  the  dictionary,  and  find  the  meanings  of  those  with  which 
you  are  not  familiar. 


LESSON  276 

Flowers  and  Plants. 

fuchsia  carnation  balsam 

hyacinth  mullein  sumac 

heliotrope  dahlia  alyssum 

oleander  mignonette  acacia 

mistletoe  canna  clematis 


coleus 

feverfew 

nasturtium 

chrysanthemum 

weigelia 


166  MAYNE'S   SIGHT   SPELLER 

fu^l>'s(+h)i  a  (named  after  Leonard  Fuchs^  a  German  bot- 
anist); hy'a  ginth  (from  Hyacinthus,  a  beautiful  youth  beloved  by 
Apollo,  from  whose  blood,  when  he  was  accidentally  slain  by 
Apollo,  the  hyacinth  was  fabled  to  have  sprung);  he'li  6  tropV? 
o^le  an'der  ("rose  tree,"  literally);  mig'^t;!^  to^;  car  na'tion;  mul'- 
l^m;  dal^l'i(=y)a;  mi^n/(-fy)6n  etll;V  (literally,  "little  darling"); 
can'na  (a  r^^^);bars<^m  (a  balm)\  s(+h)u'ma€;  a  lys'sum  ("  raging 
madness");  a  €a'Q(-fh)i  a  (originally  the  name  of  a  thorny  tree 
found  in  Egypt);  clem'a  tis  (note  that  the  first  syllable  is  ac- 
cented). 

Place  the  proper  diacritical  markings  upon  the  remaining 
words  of  the  lesson,  employing  the  dictionary.  Coleus  is  from  a 
Greek  word  meaning  a  sheath^  referring  to  the  manner  in  which 
the  stamens  are  \m\\.Q^\  feverfew  received  its  name  from  its  sup- 
posed valile  as  a  remedy  for  curing  fever;  chrysanthemum  means, 
literally,  "  flower  of  gold;"  weigelia  was  so  named  after  C.  E. 
Weigel,  a  German  naturalist. 


LESSON  277 

Latin  Root  bene— ' '  well;"  mal  or  male— ' '  bad  "or  "  ill. " 

benefiting  benefaction  benediction  malice 

benefited  benevolent  benign  malevolent 

beneficial  benefactor  benefit  malignant 

beneficiary  benevolence  benignant  malediction 

benefiter  beneficiary  malefactor  malady 

ben'e  fit  ing,  doing  well  to;  ben'e  fit  ed;  ben^'e  fi?i(=h)'^l; 
ben^e  fi9(+h)'i  a  ry,  one  who  receives  anything  as  a  gift  or 
bequest;  ben'e  fit  er,  one  who  confers,  or  receives,  a  benefit; 
ben'^e  fae'tion;  be  nev'6  knt,  having  a  disposition  to  do  good\ 
ben^e  fae'tor;  be  nev'6  kng^;  ben^e  die'tion,  the  act  of  blessing 
or  wishing  well\  be  n%n',  of  a  kind  or  gentle  nature;  ben'e  fit; 
be  nig'n<3:nt,  kind;  ma  li9i(=h)'^us,  harboring  ill  will;  mal 'e  fae'- 
tor, one  who  does  ill  or  evil. 

Look  up  the  remaining  words  in  the  dictionary,  mark  them  for 
pronunciation,  and  find  the  meanings  of  those  with  which  you 
are  not  familiar. 


MAYNE'S   SIGHT   SPELLER 


167 


LESSON  278 

Common  Errors  in  Pronunciation, 
entire  alias  opponent         adult 

museum  specialty         exquisite  impious 

admirable         casualty  deficit  incomparable 

vagary  peremptory    address  misconstrue 

discourse  irrevocable     finance  compensate 

Note  the  accent  carefully  in  the  above  words. 

en  tir^';  mu  §e'um;  ad'mi  ra  bl^  (accented  on  the  first  syllable), 
excellent,  praiseworthy;  va  ga'ry  (note  that  the  accent  is  on  the 
second  syllable),  a  whim;  dis  eo^rs^  (note  that  the  second  syl- 
lable is  accented),  a  speech,  sermon;  op  po'n^nt,  a  foe — one  who 
opposes  in  argument  or  debate;  ex'qui  §it^  (notice  that  the  first 
syllable  receives  the  accent);  deficit,  a  falling  short,  lack; 
fi  nanp^'  (observe  that  the  accent  is  on  the  second  syllable  and 
that  the  lis  short);  ad  dres^  (notice  that  the  second  syllable  is 
accented),  a  speech  or  discourse — direction  of  a  letter;  a  diilt',  a 
person  grown  to  full  size  and  strength;  im'pi  ^iis  (notice  that 
this  word  is  accented^on  the  first  syllable,  and  that  the  z  in  the 
second  syllable  has  the  short  sound),  irreverent,  profane;  m  com'- 
pa  ra  bl^,  without  a  peer  or  equal;  mis  con'stru^,  to  interpret 
wrongly;  com 'pen  sat^  (or  com  pen'sat^),  to  reward. 

Look  up  the  words  in  the  second  column  in  the  dictionary, 
mark  them  diacritically,  and  find  the  meanings  of  those  with 
which  you  are  not  familiar. 


LESSON  279 

Words  Used  in  Business, 
persistence       burglary 
pamphlet  accomplice 

signature  integrity 

dissolve  boycott 

magnanimity  courteous         unscrupulous 

trans  feri^^d';  gen'u  m^  (observe  that  the  accent  is  upon  the 
first  syllable,  and  that  the  i  in  the  final  syllable  is  short);  so^'^v^- 


transferred 

genuine 

souvenir 

eligible 

fictitious 


irreparable 
chargeable 
extravagant 
sustenance 


168  ^        MAYNFS   SIGHT   SPELLER 

Qir',  a  reminder — in  the  nature  of  some  small  gift,  usually  accom- 
panied with  an  advertisement  of  some  sort;  el'I  gi  bl^,  qualified; 
fi€  ti9i(=h)'^us,  false,  as  a  forged  signature;  per  sistVng^  (notice 
that  the  termination  is  ^nce),  staying  or  continuing  quality;  pam'- 
phlet;  sig'na  tur^,  di§  §61vV,  to  bring  to  an  end,  as  a  partnership; 
mag^'na  nim'i  ty,  greatness  of  mind  or  unselfishness  in  dealings; 
bilr'gla  ry;  ae  eom'plig^,  an  associate  in  the  commission  of  a 
crime;  m  teg'ri  ty,  business  honesty  and  uprightness;  boy'eot^,  a 
combining  to  withhold  or  prevent  dealings  with  a  tradesman, 
employer,  etc. ;  e^ur'te  ^us,  civil. 

Look  up  the  remaining  words  in  the  dictionary,  mark  them 
for  pronunciation,  and  find  the  meanings  of  those  with  which 
you  are  not  familiar. 


LESSON  280 

Dictation  Review.     (Thomas  Carlyle.) 

*'  There  is  2^  perennial  nobleness,  and  even  sacredness,  in  work. 
Were  he  never  so  benighted,  forgetful  of  his  high  calling,  there  is 
always  hope  in  a  man  that  actually  and  earnestly  works.  In 
idleness  alone  there  is /^^^/^^/ despair. " 

"The  tendency  to  persevere,  to  persist  in  spite  of  hindrances^ 
discoiiragemetitSy  and  impossibilities — it  is  this  that  in  all  things 
distinguishes  the  strong  soul  from  the  weak.'" 

"  Cast  forth  thy  act,  thy  word,  into  the  ever-living,  ever- work- 
ing universe;  it  is  a  seed-grain  that  cannot  die;  unnoticed 
to-day,  it  will  be  found  flourishing  as  a  banyan  grove,  perhaps, 
alaSy  as  a  hemlock  forest  after  a  thousand yedivs.'" 


LESSON  281 

From  the  Drug  Store. 

pharmacist      benzine  strychnine  sulphuric  acid 

laudanum         turpentine      nicotine  chloral 

paregoric  naphtha  caffeine  belladonna 

chlorofoma       ammonia         alkali  troche 

quinine      ^        creosote  tannic  acid  glycerine 


MAYNE'S   SIGHT   SPELLER 


169 


phar'ma  fist,  a  druggist;  lai^'da  num,  a  drug  obtained  from 
opium;  par^e  gor'ie,  a  medicine  that* lessens  pain;  el^lo'ro  form; 
qui'nin^  (from  a  word  meaning  Peruvian  bark,  from  which  it  is 
obtained) ;  ben'zin^  or  ben  zin^,  a  Hquid  similar  to  gasoiine;  tur'- 
pen  tin^;  napl^'tha,  a  liquid  similar  to  gasoline;  am  mo  ni  a  (from 
sal  avi7noniay  which  was  first  obtained  near  the  temple  of  Jupiter 
A7nmon)\  cre'o  sot^,  wood-tar  oil;  sul  phu'rie  ag'id,  oil  of  vitriol; 
el^lo'r^l;  beKla  don'na;  tro'el^e,  a  medicinal  tablet  or  lozenge; 
glyg'er  in^. 

Mark  the  words  in  the  third  column  for  pronunciation,  using 
the  dictionary,  and  find  the  definitions  of  those  with  which  you 
are  not  familiar. 


LESSON  282 

Past  Tense  with 

''for  '*ed.' 

tossed 

tost 

spelled 

spelt 

dipped 

dipt 

rapped 

rapt 

burned 

burnt 

builded 

built 

dressed 

drest 

girded 

girt 

spoiled 

spoilt 

accursed 

accurst 

The  termination  in  several  verbs  ending  in  edhsiS  been  changed 
to  /.  The  tendency  of  the  language  is  to  make  such  changes  in 
order  that  the  spelling  may  follow  the  pronunciation. 

Mark  the  words  in  the  final  column  diacritically,  employing 
the  dictionary. 


LESSON  283 

Words  Often  Mispronounced, 

pantomime       butterine         heinous  albumen 

valentine  alternate         aggrandize  parafBne 

creosote  fulsome  equipage  lamentable 

aniline  illustrated       indecorous  fraternize 

infantile  telegrapher     nasturtium  interesting 

pan'to  mim^,  dumb  show;  valVn  tin^;  ere'6  sot^;  an'i  lin^  (or 


170 


MAYNE'S    SIGHT   SPELLER 


-Im^),  a  colorless,  oily  liquid  from  which  many  brilHant  dyes  are 
made;  in'f^n  til^  (or  til^),'  childish;  biit'ter  in^,  imitation  but- 
ter; al  ter'nat^  (observe  that  the  a  in  the  first  syllable  is 
short),  by  turns,  first  one  and  then  the  other;  ful'som^,  offen- 
sive from  too  much  praise;  il  lus'tra  ted;  te  leg'ra  pher  (or 
tel'e  graph ^er);  al  bu'men,  the  white  of  an  Qgg\  par'af  fin^  (or 
fin^)  (note  that  there  is  but  one  r  in  this  word,  but  that  the /is 
doubled),  a  white,  waxy  substance  obtained  from  coal-tar,  wood- 
tar,  petroleum,  etc.;  lam'en  ta  bl^  (note  that  the  accent  is  upon 
the  first  syllable),  sorrowful,  pitiable;  fra'ter  niz^  (or  frat'er-),  to 
associate  or  hold  fellowship  as  brothers,  or  as  men  of  like  occupa- 
tion or  character;  in'ter  est  ing  (observe  that  the  accent  falls  on 
first  syllable). 

Mark  the  words  in  column  three  for  pronunciation,  using  the 
dictionary,  and  find  the  definitions  of  those  with  which  you  are 
not  familiar. 


LESSON  284 

Words  Distinguished. 


envy- 

jealousy 

character 

reputation 

expect 

hope 

g"rateful 

thankful 

healthy 

healthful 

custom 

habit 

discover 

invent 

emigrant 

immigrant 

many 

much 

capacity 

ability 

Synonyms  are  words  having  a  meaning  in  common.  Each 
word  has  also  a  meaning  of  its  own. 

en'vy,  feeling  against  one  because  of  his  good  fortune;  je^l'- 
^us  y,  feeling  of  fear  lest  one  be  deprived  of  his  own  (we  may, 
then,  be  envious  of  the  good  things  possessed  by  another  and 
jealous  of  the  good  things  that  we  possess);  ex  pect',  to  look  for- 
ward to  some  event  with  the  conviction  that  it  will  occur,  whether 
desired  or  not :  hop^,  to  look  forward  to  an  event  that  is  desired ; 
he^lth'y,  applied  to  objects  having  health,  as  a  healthy  tree ; 
he^lth'ful,  appHed  to  objects  producing  health,  as  a  healthful 
climate;  dis  cov'er,  to  reveal  what  existed  before,  as,  Newton 
discovered  the  law  of  gravitation;  in  vent',  to  create  something  not 


MAYNFS   SIGHT   SPELLER  171 

existing  before,  as,  Edison  invented  the  phonograph;  ma(=e)n'y, 
applies  to  nuinber^  as,  many  pupils  ;  miich,  appHes  to  quantity^  as 
much  wheat. 

Look  up  the  distinctions  between  the  other  pairs  of  words. 
Use  each  word  in  a  sentence  to  show  the  distinction. 


LESSON  285 


In  the  Lawyer's  Office. 

brief  mortgaging  plaintiff  assign 

indictment  guardian  lessee  codicil 

perjury  chattels  hypothecate   malfeasance 

mortgage  quitclaim  guarantee        assessment 

mortgageor  defendant  indenture         mandamus 

br^ef,  a  short  statement  of  a  client's  case  made  out  for  the 
instruction  of  counsel  in  a  trial  at  law;  in  di^t'm^nt,  the  formal 
statement  of  an  offense,  as  framed  by  the  prosecuting  authority 
of  the  State,  and  found  by  the  grand  jury;  per'ju  ry,  a  willfully 
false  statement  made  by  a  witness  under  oath;  morVgag^,  a  con- 
veyance (or  delivering  up)  of  property,  upon  condition  as  security 
for  the  payment  of  a  debt,  and  to  become  void  (or  inoperative) 
upon  payment  according  to  the  terms  agreed  upon;  morVga  g^or 
(or  mor^t^'ga  g^or'),  one  who  gives  a  mortgage;  morVga  ging; 
gi^ard'i  an,  one  who  has,  or  is  entitled  to,  the  care  of  the  person 
or  property  of  an  infant,  a  minor  without  living  parents,  or  a 
person  incapable  of  managing  his  own  affairs;  chat't^l§;  quit'- 
clafm^,  a  release  of  a  claim;  de  fend'<2nt  (observe  that  the  termi- 
nation is  ant)^  a  person  req  aired  to  make  answer  in  an  action  or 
suit;  as  si^n',  to  transfer  or  make  over  to  another  for  the  benefit 
of  creditors  or  parties  owing  to;  eod'i  gil,  a  clause  added  to  a  will; 
mal  fe^'§^n9^,  an  unlawful  act;  as  ses^m^nt  (note  the  fact  that 
the  s  IS  twice  doubled  in  this  word),  an  installment  of  subscribed 
stock— a  valuation  of  property  or  profits  of  business,  for  the  pur- 
pose of  taxation;  man  da'miis,  a  writ  issued  by  a  superior  court 


172  1       MAYNE'S   SIGHT   SPELLER 

and  directed  to  some  inferior  court,  or  to  some  corporation  or 
person  having  authority,  commanding  the  performance  of  some 
specified  duty. 

Look  up  the  words  in  the  third  column,  mark  them  for  pro- 
nunciation, and  find  the  meanings  of  those  with  which  you  are 
not  f  amiHar. 


LESSON  286  ^ 

In  the  Lawyer's  Office  (continued). 

easement  protege  caveat  emptor  subpoena 

warrant  bona  fide  de  facto  acquittal 

alibi  prima  facie       de  jure  bequeath 

alias  quo  warranto  ex  post  facto      executor 

quasi  certiorari  nolle  prosequi    executrix 

e^§Vni^iit,  the  right  to  use  certain  property  for  a  particular 
purpose  without  owning  it — as  a  road;  war'r^^int,  an  order  issued 
by  a  magistrate  authorizing  an  officer  to  make  an  arrest,  a  seizure, 
or  a  search;  al'i  hi,  the  plea  under  which  a  person  on  trial  for  a 
crime  tries  to  prove  that  he  was  in  another  place  when  the  act 
claimed  to  have  been  committed  was  done;  a'li  as,  an  assumed 
name;  qua'si,  having  some  resemblance  to— qualified,  as  a  quasi 
contract  (diU  implied  coiiivdiCi)\  pro^te(=a)^g(=zh)e(=a)',  one  un- 
der the  care  and  protection  of  another;  bo'na  fi'de,  in  or  with  good 
faith,  genuine;  pri'ma  fa'9(+h)i  e,  on  the  first  view^  2js,  prima  facie 
evide7ice\  quo''  war  ran'to,  a  writ  brought  before  a  proper  court, 
to  inquire  by  what  warrant  a  person  or  corporation  acts,  or  exer- 
cises certain  powers;  ger^t(=sh)i  6  ra'ri,  a  writ  from  a  superior 
court  to  call  up  the  records  of  an  inferior  court;  ca've  at  emp'tor 
{let  the  buyer  beware)^  let  the  person  examine  the  article  he  is  buy- 
ing, and  act  on  his  own  judgment;  de^'fae'to  {from  the  fact) ^ 
actually,  in  reality;  de'^ju're  {from  the  la'w),hy  right;  ex'post  fae'to 
{after  the  deed  is  done).  An  ex  post  facto  law  is  a  law  which 
punishes    an  act  that  was  not  punishable  at  the  time  the  law 


MAYNE'S   SIGHT   SPELLER 


173 


was  passed;  nol'le  pros^'e  qui  (fo  be  unwilling  to  proceed)^  a  rec- 
ord denoting  that  a  plaintiff  drops  his.  suit  or  the  attorney  for 
the  pubhc  a  prosecution. 

Mark  the  remaining  words  diacritically,  using  the  dictionary 
to  verify  your  work,  and  find  the  definitions  of  the  words. 


LESSON  287 

Troublesome  Terminations: 

''eed,"  '*ede,' 

'  '^eerj^'^ere. 

succeed              impede 

career 

sincere 

concede             recede 

inhere 

domineer 

secede               exceed 

cohere 

adhere 

proceed             precede 

overseer 

auctioneer 

intercede          stampede 

gazetteer 

interfere 

impedV;  regedV;  ex(=k)  ?e^d';  pre  fed V;  stam  pedV,  any 
sudden  flight  or  dispersion,  as  of  a  crowd  because  of  a  panic; 
ea  re^r';  m  herV>  to  belong  (to),  as  attributes  or  qualities;  co  her^i 
to  be  united — to  agree;  o^ver  se'er;  gaz-^et  te^r',  a  geographicial 
dictionary;  sin  fer^';  dom^i  ne^r',  to  be  overbearing;  ad  her^',  to 
hold,  be  attached,  or  devoted;  ai^e^'tion  e^r';  in'^ter  fer^'. 

Place  the  proper  diacritical  markings  on  the  first  five  words 
of  the  lesson,  consulting  the  dictionary,  and  find  the  definitions 
of  any  with  which  you  are  not  acquainted. 


LESSON  288 

Words  Distinguished. 

enough 

sufiacient         economy- 

frugality 

genius 

talent               emulation 

rivalry 

eternal 

everlasting     knowledge 

"wisdom 

haste 

hurry                abstinence 

temperance 

plurality 

majority          apprehend 

comprehend 

e  n^iigh',  ample  to  satisfy  our  desires  ;^\xi  fi'9i(=h)'^nt,  ample 


174  MAYNE'S    SIGHT    SPELLER 

to  satisfy  our  needs  (man  seldom  has  enough  wealth,  though  he 
may  have  sufficient)\  gen'i(=y)us,  natural  cvediiivQ  powers  of  the 
mind;  talVnt,  acquired  powers  of  the  mind  (a  genius  is  born ;  a 
man  of  talent  is  made)',  e  iev'nal,  always  existing  (God  is  eternal); 
ev'er  last'ing,  never  ending  {everlasting\\i€)\  hast^,  quickness  of 
movement,  with  order  and  plan  ;  hiir'ry,  quickness  of  movement, , 
with  heedlessness  (pupils  may  be  in  haste,  but  they  should  never 
be  in  a  hurry)\  plu  ral'i  ty,  more  votes  for  one  candidate  than  the 
number  given  to  any  other  one  candidate;  ma  jor'i  ty,  more  than 
half  the  votes. 

Look  up  the  remaining  pairs  of  synonyms  in  a  similar  man- 
mer,  using  the  words  in  sentences  to  make  the  distinctions  clear. 


LESSON  289 

An  Exercise  in  Pronunciation. 

Mark  the  words  in  this  exercise  according  to  your  idea  of  the 
pronunciation;  then  make  corrections  by  looking  up  each  word 
m  the  dictionary. 

Several  decades  ago  a  robust  desperado  signified  his  dis- 
honest intention  of  directing  his  efforts  against  the  domicile  of  a 
patriotic  dominie.  During  his  leisure  hours  he  divulged  his 
ominous  plans  to  his  favorite  coadjutor. 

First,  they  were  to  attack  the  culinary  department,  for  iJrom 
the  kitchen  often  floated  the  aroma  of  chicken  broth  and 
sausage. 

The  robber's  confidant,  upon  securing  the  dessert,  poured 
over  it  some  tomato  sauce  and  took  it  to  the  granary,  where  a 
Caucasian,  suffering  from  bronchitis,  was  engrossed  in  forgetting 
his  misery. 


LESSON  290 

Dictation  Review.     (Alfred   Tennyson.) 
"Howe'er  it  be,  it  seems  to  me, 
'Tis  only  noble  to  be  good; 


MAYNE'S    SIGHT    SPELLER  175 

Kind  hearts  are  more  than  coronets^ 
And  simple  faith  than  Norman  blood." 

"Flower  in  the  crannied  yizS\.^ 

I  pluck  you  out  of  the  crannies; 
Hold  you  here,  root  and  all,  in  my  hand, 
'Little  ^ower— hut  if  I  could  understand 
What  you  are,  root  and  all,  and  all  in  all, 
I  should  know  what  God  and  man  is." 

"For  I  ^/^/  into  the  future,  far  as  human  eye  could  see, 
Saw  the  Vision  of  the  world,  and  all  the  wonder  that  would  be; 
Saw  the  heavens  fill  with  commerce,  argosies  of  magic  sails; 
Pilots  of  the  purple  twilight,  dropping  down  with  costly  bales  ; 
Heard  the  heavens  fill  with  shouting,  and  there  rain'd  a  ghastly 

dew 
From  the  nations'  airy  navies  grappling  in  the  central  blue  ; 
Till  the  war-drum  throbbed  no  longer,  and  the  battle  flags  were 

furV  d 
In  the  Parliament  of  man,  the  Federation  of  the  world." 


LESSON  291 

Words  from  the  Physiology. 

parietal  biceps  sclerotic  capillaries 

vertebra  flexure  cornea  varicose 

humerus  fatigue  retina  corpuscle 

suture  ganglion  olfactory  coagulation 

synovial  cerebrum  papilla  plasma 

bi'feps,  a  muscle  having  two  heads  or  origins;  flex(=k)'- 
(+sh)ur^,  a  turn,  bend,  or  curve;  fa  figiaV*  exhaustion  of  strength; 
gan'gli  on,  a  mass  or  knot  of  nervous  matter,  including  nerve 
cells,  usually  forming  an  enlaigement  in  the  course  of  a  nerve; 
9er'e  brum,  the  larger  division  of  the  brain,  and  the  seat  of  the 
reasoning  faculties;  scle  rot'ic,  the  firm  outer  coat  of  the  eyeball; 


176  MAYNE'S    SIGHT    SPELLER 

eor'ne  a,  the  transparent  part  of  the  coat  of  the  eyeball  which 
covers  the  iris  and  pupil  and  admits  light  to  the  interior;  ret'i  na, 
the  delicate  membrane  with  which  the  back  part  of  the  globe  of  the 
eye  is  lined,  and  in  which  the  fibers  of  the  optic  nerve  end;  61  fae'- 
to  ry,  of,  or  pertaining  to,  the  sense  of  smell;  pa  pil'la,  one  of  the 
minute,  nipple-like  projections  of  the  tongue  (plural=/<^////(2'); 
cap'il  la  ry,  one  of  the  small  blood  vessels  connecting  arteries 
and  veins  (note  that  capillary  has  but  one  /,  but  that  the /is 
doubled);  var'i  €os^,  irregularly  swollen  or  enlarged — applied  to 
nerve  fibers,  veins,  etc. ;  cor'pus  gl^§,  the  minute  particles  in  the 
liquid  {plasma)  of  the  blood,  which  give  it  its  red  color;  eo  ag'^u- 
la  tion,  the  thickening  of  the  blood;  pla§'ma,  the  colorless  fluid 
of  the  blood,  in  which  the  corpuscles  are  suspended. 

Look  up  the  first  five  words  of  the  lesson  in  the  dictionary, 
mark  them  carefully  for  pronunciation,  and  find  their  meanings. 


LESSON   292 

/        In  the  Insurance  Office. 

policy  endowment  dividend  inflammable 

forfeiture  beneficiary  contributory  frauTdulent 

accumulation  equitable  litigation  maintenance 

annuity  prudential  implements     immunity 

appraisal  mortuary  breakage  incontestable 

pol'i  9y,  the  writing  in  which  a  contract  of  insurance  is  em- 
bodied; for 'f^i  tur^,  the  act  of  losing  money  paid  for  insurance 
because  of  lapse  of  pa3^ments;  ae  eu'^mu  la'tion,  the  amount  by 
which  money  paid  for  insurance  on  the  endowment  plan  is  in- 
creased in  a  given  period  of  time;  an  nu'i  ty,  a  sum  of  money, 
payable  yearly,  to  continue  for  a  given  number  of  years,  or  for 
life;  ap  pra^s'^l  (note  that  the  termination  is  ^1),  an  estimation  of 
the  loss  upon  property,  partially  or  totally  destroyed  by  fire; 
en  dow'm^nt,  a  fund  accumulated  for  support;  ben'^e  fip(+h)'i  a  ry, 
one  who  receives  insurance  money;  eq(=k)'u(=w)i  ta  bl^,  marked 
by  a  due  consideration  for  what  is  fair — as,   an  equitable  adjust- 


MAYNE'S    SIGHT   SPELLER  177 

ment  of  a  claim  for  insurance;  pru  den'ti^l,  advisory,  superintend- 
ing or  executive— as  a  prudential  committee;  mor'tu  a  ry,  per- 
taining to  the  dead;  div'i  dend,  a  share  of  the  profits  as  appor- 
tioned among  sharehblders;  con  trib'u  to  ry,  bringing  increase  to 
common  stock— used  in  a  legal  sense,  also,  as  in  the  term  contribu- 
tory negligence  ;  lit^i  ga'tion,  contesting  inlaw;  im'ple  m^nts; 
br^ak'ag^,  an  allowance  for  things  broken  accidentally,  as  in 
transportation  or  use. 

Look  up  the  remaining  words  in  the  dictionary,  mark  them 
diacritically,  and  find  the  definitions  of  those  with  which  you 
are  not  acquainted.  In  studying  the  word  inflammable^  notice 
that  the  a  in  the  second  syllable  has  the  short  sound;  observe 
that  the  termination  of  incontestable  is  ^ble. 


LESSON  293 

An  Exercise  in  Pronunciation. 

Mark  the  words  in  this  exercise  according  to  your  idea  of  the 
pronunciation;  then  make  corrections  by  looking  up  each  word 
in  the  dictionary. 

Once  upon  a  time  a  company  composed  of  a  senile,  splenetic 
colonel,  a  disputative  financier,  and  a  sacrilegious  Malay,  pur- 
chased a  calliope  and  resolved  to  go  to  the  frontier  to  make  a 
raid  on  the  commissariat.  They  procured  some  dynamite  and 
carbines  precedent  to  starting;  according  to  precedent,  they 
planned  to  take  the  fort  without  asking  permission,  and,  after  do- 
ing so,  were  much  chagrined  to  find  there  nothing  but  iodine  and 
prussic  acid.  As  they  departed  they  heard  some  Indians  playing  on 
flageolets  and  jew's-harps,  and,  as  they  feared  the  bowie  knives 
that  might  be  near,  they  left  their  property  in  an  isolated  spot, 
and  concealed  themselves  in  a  dilapidated  hovel,  hoping  that 
they  might  not  be  harassed.  The  next  morning  they  found  the 
debris  of  their  calliope, 
12 


178 


MAYNE'S   SIGHT   SPELLER 


LESSON  294 

Common  Diseases. 

insomnia  eczema  pneumonia  dyspepsia 

neuralgia  asthma  pleurisy  scrofula 

rheumatism  tuberculosis  dysentery  epilepsy 

catarrh  malaria  measles  appendicitis 

bronchitis  cholera  jaundice  erysipelas 

in  som'ni  a,  wakefulness;  n^u  raFgi  a  (observe  carefully  how 
this  word  is  pronounced),  a  disease  affecting  the  nerves  and 
accompanied  with  very  acute  pain;  rl^^u'ma  ti§m  (do  not  slight 
the  final  m  in  pronouncing  this  word);  ca  tari^l^',  an  inflammation 
of  any  mucous  membrane;  bron  clsjii'tis  (notice  that  the  i  in  the 
second  syllable  is  long),  inflammadon  of  the  bronchial  tubes,  or 
any  part  of  them;  ee  ze'ma,  an  inflammatory  disease  of  the  skin; 
a§l^l^'ma  (notice  that  the  final  a  is  short  Italian),  a  disease  charac- 
terized by  difficulty  of  breathing,  accompanied  with  a  wheezing 
sound  and  a  cough;  tu  ber'^cu  lo  sij,  a  lung  disease,  consumption; 
ma  la'ri  a,  a  kind  of  fever;  el^orer  a,  a  dangerous  disease  which  af- 
fects the  digestive  organs;  i^n^U.  mo'ni  a,  inflammation  of  the 
lungs;  pl^u'ri  sy,  an  inflammation  of  the  pleura^  or  the  smooth 
membrane  which  closely  covers  the  lungs;  dys'en  ter  y,  a  disease 
of  the  intestines;  me^'§l^§;  jai^n'di?^,  an  affection  of  the  liver. 

Mark  the  remaining  words  for  pronunciation,  employing  the 
dictionary  to  correct  your  work,  and  find  the  meanings  of  those 
with  which  you  are  not  acquainted. 


LESSON  295 

In  the  Physi  dan's  Office. 


prescription  sterilize 

recipe  preventive 

abstemious  rhythmical 

unconscious  antipathy 


assimilate 


abrasion 


incision  stupor 

contusion  sensibility 

concussion  symptom 

practitioner  delirium 

pallor  exhilarate 


pre  serip'tion,  a  prescribed  remedy;  rep'i  pe  (note  carefully  the 


MAYNFS   SIGHT   SPELLER 


179 


pronunciation),  a  prescription  for  medicine;  ab  ste'mi  ^us,  re- 
fraining from  a  free  use  of  food  and  strong  drinks;  iin  €6n's9i(=h)- 
^us,  having  no  power  of  mental  perception;  as  sim'i  lat^,  to  ab- 
sorb as  nourishment;  ster'il  iz^,  to  destroy  all  germs,  as  by  heat; 
prevent'iv^,  that  which  prevents  disease;  rls^yth'mic^^l;  antip'a- 
thy,  distaste,  dislike;  as,  an  antipathy  for  medicine;  ab  ra'sion,  a 
flaying  of  the  surface  skin;  stti'por;  Sena's!  bil'i  ty,  capacity  to  feel 
or  perceive;  symp'tom,  a  change  in  the  body  which  indicates  dis- 
ease, or  the  kind  of  disease;  de  lir'i  um,  a  wandering  of  the  mind 
due  to  a  fever  or  some  other  disease;  e?  l^il'a  rat^,  to  cheer  or 
animate,  naturally  or  artificially. 

Look  up  the  words  in  the  third  column,  mark  them  for  pro- 
nunciation, and  find  the  meanings  of  those  with  which  you  are 
not  familiar. 


LESSON   296 

Entrance  to  Civil  Service. 

g-inger  adjacent  usage  business 

certificate  properly  legible  handkerchief 

promissory  Schenectady  California  strychnine 

seizing"  opportunity   flannel  concede 

zinc  insertion         facilitate  souvenir 

The  above  is  a  sample  of  the  list  of  words  given  for  entrance 
to  the  civil  service  under  the  United  States  government,  for  the 
first  grade. 

Ginger:  The  root  of  a  medicinal  plant.  Certificate:  A  writ- 
ten testimony;  as,  a  certificate  of  stock.  Pro7nissory  :  Containing 
a  promise;  as,  a  promissory  note.  Seizing:  Taking  suddenly. 
Zinc :  A  whitish  metal.  Adjacent:  Lying  near  or  bordering  on. 
Properly  .•  In  a  proper  or  right  manner.  Schenectady  :  A  city  of 
the  United  States.  Opportunity  :  A  fit  or  convenient  time.  In- 
sertion: The  act  of  placing  in;  as,  the  insertion  of  an  advertise- 
ment, t/^^^f^/  Custom  in  using;  as,  commercial  usage.  Facili- 
tate:  To  make  easy;  as,  to  facilitate  business.    Legible:  Cap- 


180  MAYNE'S   SIGHT   SPELLER 

.  able  of  being  read;  as,  a  legible  signature.  California:  One  of  ^ 
the  United  States.  Flannel:  A  soft  woolen  cloth  of  loose  texture.  \ 
Business:  Occupation  or  trade.  Handkerchief:  A  piece  of  cloth  | 
for  wiping  the  face  or  nose.  Strychnine :  A  powerful  poison.  \ 
Concede:  To  give  up;  as,  to  concede  a  point.  Souvenir:  A  token  i 
of  remembrance;  a  keepsake.  ,     | 

gin'ger;  ^er  tif 'i  eatV?  prom'is  so  ry  (observe  that  there  is  but  | 
one  w,  but  that  the  s  is  doubled);  sejz'ing  (notice  that  this  word  j 
is  spelled  with  ei) ;  zme;  fa  fil'i  tat^;  leg'i  bl^;  €al^i  for'ni  ^;  flan'-  j 
nel;  bu(=i)§Vnes^  (note  that  this  is  a /-ze/^-syllable  word);  han^'- j 
ker  chi^f  (note  that  the  d  in  the  first  syllable  is  silent);  stryel^'-  \ 
nin^;  eon  ped^;  soia'^v^  nir';  u§'ag^  (observe  that  the  s  in  the  first  \ 
syllable  has  the  sound  of  z), 

Mark  the  words  in  the  second  column  for  pronunciation,  cor- 
recting your  work  with  the  aid  of  the  dictionary. 


LESSON  297 

Test  List  for  Entrance  to  High  School.  j 

believing'  inheritance     mathematics  nuisance        | 

descendant  independent  incessant         receiving       \ 

accommodation  disappoint      separating       important 
boundary  assistance       restaurant      mischievous  \ 

incense  achieving        appearance     nominative  | 

be  Hev'ang;  de  s^end'<3;nt  (note  that  the  termination  is  «nt);| 
ae  eom^'mo  da'tion;  bound'a  ry  (do  not  neglect  the  ^-syllable  in  \ 
spelling  or  pronunciation);  in'^ensV*  in  her'it  ^ngV?  m^'depen^Vnt;  \ 
dis^ap  point';  as  sist'^^n^V?  ^  ch'jev'mg;  math^e  mat'ies;  in  ^es'-  j 
s^nt,  unceasing;  sep'a  rat'^ing;  res'tau(=6)  rant;  ap  pe^r'^n?^.       \ 

Look  up  the  remaining  words  in  the  dictionary,  marking  them  \ 
carefully  for  pronunciation.  j 


LESSON  298 

Entrance  to  Military  Academy,  West  Point. 

abdicate  acme  disperse  neuter 

abutted  bachelor  erase  orally 

accessibility    compass  imperative  preference 

acclivity  derelict  kerosene  raisin 

accosted.  despondent    mnemonics  villain 


MAYNE'S   SIGHT   SPELLER  181 

The  examination  for  entrance  to  the  United  States  Military 
Academy  is  rather  severe.  The  above  is  a  sample  of  the  test 
given  in  spelling. 

ab'di  eat^,  to  surrender;  a  biit'ted,  projected;  ae  Qes^'i  bfl'!  ty, 
the  quality  of  admitting  approach;  ae  eliv'i  ty,  a  slope,  as  the 
side  of  a  hill,  considered  as  ascending ;  ae  eost'ed,  spoken  to  first; 
dis  persV»  to  scatter;  e  ras^;  im  per 'a  tiv^,  not  to  be  avoided,  con- 
taining positive  command;  ker'6  sen^^;  rifine  mon'Tes,  a  system  of 
rules  intended  to  assist  the  memory;  n^u'ter;  o'r^l  ly ;  prefer  ^n^fe, 
choice;  raV§\n;  vil'l^in. 

Mark  the  words  in  the  second  column  of  the  lesson  for  pro- 
nunciation, using  the  dictionary  to  correct  your  work,  and  find 
the  definitions  of  those  with  which  you  are  not  acquainted. 


LESSON  299 

Entrance  to  the  Naval  Academy,  Annapolis. 

privateers  belligerent  marine  reprisal 

vessels  maritime  commercial  oflBlcered 

equipped  seize  discipline  permanent 

attack  navies  legitimate  la'wlessness 

marque  advantageous  neutrals  commission 

For  entrance  to  the  United  States  Naval  Academy,  candidates 
are  required  to  pass  an  entrance  examination  in  a  number  of  sub- 
jects, including  spelling.  In  spelling,  they  must  be  able  to  write 
from  dictation  paragraphs  from  standard  pieces  of  English  ntera- 
ture,  both  prose  and  poetry,  to  test  their  qualifications  in  this 
branch.  The  spelling  throughout  the  examination  is  considered 
in  marking  the  papers.  The  above  list  of  words  is  taken  from  a 
dictation  exercise  given  for  entrance  examination. 

bel  lig'er  ^nt,  carrying  on  war;  mar'i  tim^  (note  that  the  /  in 
the  last  syllable  is  short),  pertaining  to  naval  affairs;  se'jz^;  na'- 
vi^§;  ad'^v<3;n  ta'g^^us;  ma  rinV?  having  to  do  with  naval  affairs; 
com  mer'ci<a;l;  dis'fi  plm^,  to  form  a  habit  of  obedience  in;  le  git'- 
i  mat^,  lawful,  authorized;  n^u'tr^lg,  not  engaged  on  either  side 


182  MAYNE'S   SIGHT   SPELLER 

(of  a  war);    re  pri'§«l;    of'fi  fer^d;    per'ma  n<?nt;   laV'les^  nesJj; 
eora  mis'sion  (observe  that  both  the  m,  and  s  are  doubled). 

Look  up  the  first  five  words  of  the  lesson  in  the  dictionary, 
mark  them  diacritic  ally,  and  find  the  meanings  of  those  with 
which  you  are  not  familiar. 


LESSON  300 

Dictation  Review. 

Only  by  pride  cometh  contention. — Bible, 

He  that  walketh  uprightly  walketh  surely. — Bible, 

A  soft  answer  turneth  away  wrath  ;  but  grievous  words  stir 
up  anger. — Bible, 

For,  lo,  the  winter  is  past,  the  rain  is  over  and  gone;  the 
flowers  appear  on  the  earth;  the  time  of  the  singing  of  birds  is 
come,  and  the  voice  of  the  turtle  is  heard  in  our  land;  the  fig 
tree  putteth  forth  her  green  figs,  and  the  vines  with  the  tender 
grape  give  a  good  smell. — Bible, 

Virtue  is  not  given  by  money,  but  from  virtue  come  money 
and  every  other  good  of  man,  public  as  well  2l^  private. — Plato, 

"Loyjove  himself  declares  the  conquest  ours! 
Now  on  yon  ranks  impel  your  foaming  steeds 
And,  sure  of  glory ^  dare  immortal  deeds. 

— Homer, 


SUPPLEMENTARY   LIST 

FOR 
HIGH    SCHOOLS    AND    FOR    SPELLING    DOWN 


deleble 

indelible 

heinous 

statue 

subtile 

formally 

annuals 

presag-e 

augment 

guardian 

urbanity 

modesty 

critique 

ordnance 

rinse 

arbitrator 

alternate 

denominate 

hydraulics 

illicit 

codicil 

dynamo 

condenser 

circuit 

erudition 

exuberant 

intrinsic 


incompatible 
culpable 
amplify 
pristine 
accumulate 
ether 
skeptic 
laudable 
converse 
gallant 
encompass 
palatable 
sanguine 
cipher 
dormitory 
reservoir 
recurrence 
indomitable 
extirpate 
difadence 
covetousness 
precipitous 
parsimony 
resurrection 
decalogue 
pheasant 
privilege 
183 


perpetual 

upstart 

emaciate 

genealogy 

chronic 

barbarous 

taciturn 

visionary 

procrastinate 

ingenuous 

referee 

roily 

captious  i 

continuous 

reparation 

trepidation 

"wariness 

venial 

voracious 

apparel 

retrenchment 

invalid 

annular 

abolition 

ineflacient 

effable 


184 


MAYNE'S   SIGHT   SPELLER 


cynical 

column 

grammar 

lineage 

onerous 

colleague 

duenna 

sieve 

salutary 

centuries 

feign 

granary 

transient 

criticise 

soliloquy 

perceive 

arable 

bicycle 

supersede 

scheme 

exaggerate 

revenue 

obsolete 

intestate 

consummate 

elegy 

reservoir 

licorice 

emgy 

neutral 

dubious 

plausible 

sumptuous 

seizure 

factitious 

despicable 

calumny 

credible 

irritable 

arsenic 

chagrin 

elusion 

corduroy 

oxidation 

nonpareil 

subpoena 

preoccupy 

adage 

niche 

visible 

abstruse 

psalm 

legitimate 

hiccough 

inveigle 

complaisant    • 

anguish 

discipline 

audible 

veneer 

hygiene 

parody 

requisite 

haughty 

stupefy 

suicide 

legible 

minion 

variable 

mobile 

treatise 

ecstasy 

palliate 

naphtha 

souvenir 

scrutinize 

colossal 

icicle 

coquette 

coerce 

' 

prologue 

valleys 

offertory 

catechism 

abscess 

kiln-dry 

cuneiform 

cayenne 

refugee 

Silesia 

convalesce 

asylum 

lethargy 

foible 

siphon 

egregious 

cessation 

chamois 

amphibious 

convenient 

cylinder 

equitable 

assailant 

verify 

martyr 

aghast 

quadrille 

MAYNE'S    SIGHT   SPELLER 


185 


circumlocutory 

until 

fiery 

recede 

hackney 

amanuensis 

paroxysm 

townsfolk 

embalm 

epilogue 

vertebra 

crucify 

specimen 

emanate 

quinine 

anomaly 

isosceles 

nitrogen 


recipient 

parallel 

obloquy 

vyingr 

gauge 

annuity 

privateer 

salmon 

abyss 

deaf-mute 

synopsis 

envelop 

melancholy 

exercise 

aphorism 

February 

equipage 

residuary 


somniloquence 

gayety 

italicize 

esquire 

epilepsy 

anonymous 

writhe 

promissory 

enthusiasm 

desultory 

obituary 

delegate 

recruit 

aggrieve 

ratify 

crochet 

discretion 


intercede 

champiagne 

harangue 

philosophy 

conducive 

impromptu 

etiquette 

colloquy 

python 

rarity 

diagnosis 

decision 

auspicious 

massacre 

inanimate 

unnecessarily 

license 

inaccessible 


accommodation 

incense 

disparage 

heirloom 

tombstone 

sobriquet 

fricassee 

emery 

myrrh 

pharynx 

supervise 

apostate 

necessity 

perfidy 

rendezvous 

siege 

derrick 

insuperable 


parallelogram 

descendant 

boundary 

baccalaureate 

cashmere 

almshouse 

anaesthetic 

mercenary 

pleurisy 

anemone 

parable 

eligible 

rarefy 

jeopardy 

strategy 

surprise 

symphony 

hirsute 


186 


MAYNE'S   SIGHT   SPELLER 


muscle 

feudal 

dissyllable 

crystallization 

sacrilege 

avalanche 

reminiscence 

vacillate 

promiscuous 

believing 

annul 

independent 

consciousness 

falcon 

inheritance 

acquiescence 

phonic 

mathematics 

element 

prestige 

impertinent 

hoarhound 

chenille 

appearance 

scurrilous 

ascetic 

indispensable 

stratagem 

ebullition 

disappoint 

competency 

felonious 

nuisance 

deleterious 

mediocrity 

indigestible 

barrister 

misanthrope 

prepossessing 

ameliorate 

ingenuous 

mischievous 

cornucopia 

exigency 

retrieving 

apportion 

contemporaries 

infinitesimal 

disseminate 

transcendent 

audacious 

efflorescent 

assistance 

decrepitude 

irreparable 

nominative 

complacent 

exchequer 

guillotine 

collusion 

mnemonics 

incorrigible 

despicable 

hierarchy 

aggrandize 

coterie 

receiving 

colloquial 

ecclesiastic 

conscientious 

annihilate 

efiBcacious 

convalescence 

debris 

pseudonym 

achieving 

guerrilla 

indefatigable 

characteristics 

eccentricity 

hallucination 

inheritance 

discernible 

ingratiate 

acquiesce 

domicile 

incessant 

atrocious 

deferential 

restaurant 

avaricious 

equilibrium 

hippopotamus 

curriculum 

erroneous 

important 

anomaly 

ellipsis 

parliament 

competency 

emaciate 

excrescence 

correlation 

legitimate 

trigonometry- 

crucial 

MAYNE'S    SIGHT    SPELLER 


187 


herculean 

hypochondriac 

iconoclast 

facetious 

magnanimity 

proscenium 

transmutable 

eleemosynary 

resuscitate 

surreptitious 

perquisite 

prerogative 

plagiarism 

vignette 

salicylic 

auxiliary 

sophistication 

expletive 

mendacious 

Semitic 

exorcise 

nihilism 

ephemeral 

idiosyncrasy 

loquacious 

piquant 

sarcophagus 


puerile 

solecism 

somnambulist 

seditious 

rapacious 

surveillance 

utilitarian 

saccharine 

superannuated 

spheroidical 

expostulatory 

nugatory 

trachea 

naive 

insatiate 

fallacious 

oligarchy 

iridescent 

salubrious 

omniscient 

deterioration 

consensual 

remunerate 

pernicious 

solicitous 

vicissitude 

vociferous 


syllogism 
syllabification 
descant 
fossilize 
polemics 
usurpation 
innocuous 
idyllic 
immunity 
marauder 
irrelevant 
saponaceous 
substantiate 
silhouette 
quiescent 
perverse 
statistician 
raillery 
tournament 
troubadour 
rescind 
monarchical 
diatonic 
.  lodestar 
repartee 
Valenciennes 


FOREIGN  WORDS  AND  PHRASES 


Ab  initio— From  the  beginning  (ab  in  i'ti[=shi]6). 

Ad  damnum — To  the  damage  (ad  dam'niim). 

Ad  infinitum— To  infinity  (ad  in  fin  i'tum). 

Ad  libitum— At  pleasure  (ad  lib'i  tiim). 

Ad  nauseam— To  the  point  of  disgusting(ad  nai^'s[=sh]e^m). 

Ad  valorem — According  to  value  (ad  va  lo'rem). 

Alias — Another  name;  otherwise  (a'li  as). 

Alibi— Elsewhere  (al'i  bi). 

Alma  mater— A  benign  mother  (al'ma  ma'ter). 

Anno  Domini — In  the  year  of  our  Lord  (an 'no  Dom'i  ni). 

Anno  Mundi — In  the  year  of  the  world  (an'no  mun'di). 

Ante— Before  (an'te). 

Ante  meridiem— Before  noon  (an'te  me  rid'i  em). 

Anti— Against  (an'ti). 

A  priori — Presumptively  (a  pri  o'ri). 

Attache — A  subordinate  member  of  a  diplomatic  embassy 
(at/ta^^he'). 

Blase — Surfeited  (bla  §e'). 

Bona  fide— In  good  faith  (bo-^na  fi'de). 

Carte  blanche— Full  power  (cart^  blaN^hV). 

Caveat  emptor — Let  the  buyer  beware  (ea've  at  emp'tor). 

Compos  mentis— Of  a  sound  mind  (com'pos  men'tis). 

Cortege — A  procession  (€6r'^teg[=zh]V). 

Coup  d'  etat — A  stroke  of  policy  (eo^^'  de  taV). 

Cuisine— Style  or  quality  of  cooking  (€u[=w]i'§mV). 

Debris — Wreckage  (de^bri^'^). 

De  facto— From  the  fact  (de  fae'to). 

Desideratum — The  thing  desired  (de  sid^e  ra'tiim). 

Eclat — Showiness  of  achievement  (e  elaV;  Fr.=e'claV). 

Elite— Choicest  part  of  society  (e'lit^). 

En  masse— In  a  body  (e[=a]N'  mass^). 

Note. — In  representing  the  spelling  of  foreign  words,  e  in 
unaccented  syllables  is  an  equivalent  of  a. 

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MAYNE'S    SIGHT    SPELLER  189 

Ennui — Mental  weariness  produced  by  satiety  or  lack  of 
interest  (e[=a]N'nm(=we'). 

En  rapport— In  harmony  (e[=aJN  ra^  porV). 

Et— And  (et). 

Excelsior— Higher  (ex  [=k]  geVsi  or). 

Expose — An  exposition  (ex^'po'^ge'). 

In  esse — In  actual  being  (in  es'se). 

In  loco  parentis — In  place  of  a  parent  (in  lo'co  pa  ren'tis). 

In  personam — With  reference  to  a  specific  person  (in  per- 
son' am). 

In  posse — In  possible  being  (in  pos'se). 

In  toto — In  the  whole  (in  to'to). 

Ipse  dixit — He  himself  said  it  (ip'se  dix'it). 

Mirage— An  optical  illusion  where  objects  are  seen  inverted 
in  the  sky  (mi'^rag[=zh]V). 

Morale — State  T)f  mind  with  reference  to  confidence,  courage, 
zeal,  etc.,  especially  of  a  body  of  persons  associated  in  some 
dangerous  enterprise  (mo  ral^)- 

Naive — Having  native  or  unaffected  simplicity  (na'ivV). 

Neglig'e    (Careless    attire     (neg'li  g[=zh]e';     Fr.=ne'gli'- 

Negligee  )       g[=zh]e') 

Nolens  volens— Willing  or  unwilling  (nol'ens  vol'ens). 

Nolo  contendere— I  will  not  contest  it  (no'lo  con  ten'de  re). 

Non  sequitur— It  does  not  follow  (non  se'qui  tur). 

Personnel — The  collective  characteristics  of  a  group  of 
persons  (per-^son  nel';  Fr.=per's6i^  nel'). 

Petit— Small  (pet'i^;  Fr.=p^'ti[=e]V). 

Pro  rata — In  proportion  (pro'ra'ta). 

Protege— One  protected  by  another  (pr6''te^g[=zh]e'). 

Pro  tempore — For  the  time  being  (pro^tem'po  re). 

Quasi — In  a  manner  (qua 'si). 

Qui  vive— On  the  alert  (qui[=ke]'vivV). 

Quo  'warranto  —A  writ  commanding  defendant  to  show  by 
what  warrant  or  authority  he  exercises  a  franchise  (quo''  war- 
ran 'to). 

Reductio  ad  absurdum  -Reduction  to  an  absurdity  (re- 
du€'ti[=shi]  6  ad  ab  sur'diim). 


190  MAYNE'S    SIGHT    SPELLER 

Regime— Manner  or  system  of  government  or  management 
re'g[=zh]imV). 

Renaissance — Revival,  as  of  letters  of  art  (re  na^s's^ng^; 
Fr.  =r^  na^^^saN?^'). 

RBSume — A  recapitulation  or  summary  (re^gu'^me'). 

Suns  souci— Without  care  (saN^  s^u'  9i[=e]'). 

Sine  die — Without  a  day  appointed  (si'ne  di'  e). 

Sine  qua  non — An  indispensable  condition    (si'ne  qua  non). 

T<3rra  firma— Solid  earth  (ter'ra  fir'ma). 

Ultimatum — The  last  condition  (ul'ti  ma'tiim). 

Verbatim  et  literatim— Word  for  word  and  letter  for  letter 
(ver  ])a'tim  et  lit^^e  ra'tim). 

Via — By  v/ay  of  (vi'a). 

Vice — In  place  of  (vi'  ge). 


MAYNE'S   SIGHT   SPELLER  191 

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letter  or  word.  (6)  f— J  Lower  a  letter  or  word.  (7)  X  An  im- 
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small  letter.  (13)  O  Insert  period.  (14)  *  ]  Bring  matter 
to  right;  |  to  the  left.-  (15)a  Insert  omitted  letter. 
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